
1 Sam. 18:9 “And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.”
We live in an age where most people are busy looking at other people’s lives. In fact, there has never been an age, in the whole history of the world, when people have been so busy watching… one another! And it’s through the social media today.
We shouldn’t be comparing ourselves with each other. We shouldn’t be jealous of what another has. We all have different roles, talents and gifts. The hand shouldn’t compare itself with the ear and the eye should not look down on the foot (well, apart from physically!) What did Paul say in this scripture before us? I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.’ His focus was on what God had for him. No one else. Can you remember when Peter was wondering what the Lord had for John in the future and said ‘Lord, and what about this man?’ The Lord replied ‘If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!” (John 21:21-22) In other words ‘What I have for him, is what I have for him. But you, follow Me!
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