Enviness

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: ENVINESS

What’s your response when someone else has what you want? What’s your response when your fellow worker gets recognized for her hard work by getting a raise or a bonus, and no one says anything about your work?
Is it rejoicing or is it resentment?
How do you feel when another Christian achieves a higher level of outward success than you do, perhaps a nicer home, lavish vacations, an early retirement, or better health ?
Rejoicing or resentment?

Or what’s your heart response to your friends when they tell you some great news that has happened to them, and it hasn’t happened to you? Rejoicing or resentment?

Is it “Good for them!” or is it “Why didn’t that happen to me?”

One of the deadliest sins is that of envy. Envy is the resentment that another person is enjoying something that you would like….. but you don’t have.

OUR ENVY RESULTS FROM TWO MAIN CAUSES:
1. We are not content….. and
2. we fail to love.

We envy because we are not content with how God has made us (our looks); or we are dissatisfied with the hand He has dealt us (our job, our house, our health; our life situation); or we envy those who are in positions above us, wishing we could be the boss or the CEO; wishing we could order others around, instead of being ordered about.

On the other hand, we envy because we fail to love others.
1 Cor. 13:4 “Love… does not envy).
If you love your spouse, you will rejoice if he or she gets an award or special recognition, right?
If you love your child, you will be glad if he or she gets a higher paying job than you have!
But if you envy someone else’s success, it means that you don’t love them; it means you love yourself more than you love them.

If you allow enviness to takeover your mind, you won't know when you will become evil and started planning evil of your fellow brother. Be contented and love your neighbours success your time will come too.

LET US PRAY
DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST, TAKE EVERY MIND OF ENVINESS NESS AWAY FROM OUR HEART IN JESUS NAME.

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