Aug 16, 2012

Hating On Another's Blessing

I never thought I would write on this very subject but after reading a friend's FB status, I have to address this. I expect jealousy from the world when you become successful but for Christians to get jealous of another believer's blessing & position is the epitome of flaw. If nowhere else, Christians should be able to celebrate each other's blessing but because Christians are flawed like everyone else, they aren't exempt from feelings of envy. There is no way anyone can make me understand this. Why be jealous of another's position & blessing? That's craziness because God is no respector of persons. What he does/did for one person, he can do for everyone. Everyone can enjoy God's blessings if they are faithful & obedient. The reason why some Christians seemingly are more blessed than others could lie in a believer's level of obedience & faithfulness. Some Christians do what God says with no objection (even if they don't understand the rationale). Your level of obedience is in direct proportion to your blessing. God has blessings & positions for all his children so in the end, it's futile to be envious of another believer's blessing. God's children are supposed to encourage each other, not be jealous because one believer has a greater blessing & position than another. God blesses his children how he sees fit. How God chooses to bless his children is his business, not ours. The sooner people learn this, the better. I think it's sad that God's people can't co-exist; there's probably more backbiting and gossip between so-called Christians than the world. How can Christians lead people to Christ and they're cutting up worse than the world? Shakes Head. It's behavior like this that I understand why the world thinks Christians are flaw because in their mind, they aren't living any differently so what incentive do they have to give their hearts to God? The reason why some Christians envy another believer's blessing is because THEY wish they had his/her calling. That calling may mean he/she is in the spotlight and some Christians want the fame & fortune of another believer. I can honestly say I have never been jealous of another believer's blessing because for one, that's flaw and two, I don't know what they went through for that blessing so I have to be happy for them. Seeing someone gets blessed keeps me motivated to know that I'm in line for my breakthrough.

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