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2 Corinthians 10:12 lets us know it’s unwise to compare ourselves.
WHY…?
1. Comparison allows envy to enter our hearts.
1 Samuel 18:6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with tambourines and lutes.
7 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
8 Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?”
-King Saul compared David’s praises, attention, and popularity with his which allowed envy to enter his heart.
2. Envy is considered devilish in the eyes of God.
James 3:14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.
3. Comparison, which produces envy, removes God’s presence from us.
1 Samuel 18:12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had left Saul.
-God is Holy and will not be in the presence of evil.
We should not compare our (job, car, house, finances, relationships, etc) with others because comparison will remove God’s presence from our lives.
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