The struggle with jealousy!

07 Mar The struggle with jealousy!

Jealousy is an emotion of displeasure over someone else’s good fortune.

🎯Constantly comparing ourselves to others leads to discontent, resentment, and bitterness.

🎯If these negative emotions remain unchecked, they can poison our relationships. What’s more, they can eventually flare into suspicion, anger, and hostility.

🎯This is what happened to King Saul. His jealousy caused him to distrust David, who had served him faithfully. That still happens in the workplace today.

🎯On the surface, it may seem like simply a reaction that occurs when we want something another person has.

🎯But it actually goes much deeper than this:

💥The real root is resentment that God hasn’t provided for us what He has given someone else.

🎯Jealousy arises from a heart overcome by:

💥Greed: We become discontent with what God has given to us, and we want what other people have, believing that will make us happy.

💥Selfishness: We compare ourselves to others, and instead of rejoicing with them, we focus on our own life and what we don’t have.

💥Pride: Seeing the success of other people makes us feel inadequate, and in an attempt to build ourselves up, we belittle them and their accomplishments.

🎯Jealousy and envy can cause great damage to relationships and spiritual health.

🎯That’s why it is important to act quickly, correcting such attitudes before they become a habit.

🎯At the first awareness of such a mindset, confess it as sin and acknowledge God’s right to bless someone else abundantly.

🎯Then express gratitude for what He has given you, and ask Him to help you rejoice with others He has blessed.

– With Dr. Charles Stanley