STAY ON YOUR LANE – DON’T COMPARE OR COMPETE: THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR OWN STORY AND STORYLINE!
“For we DARE NOT make ourselves of the number, or COMPARE ourselves with some that COMMEND themselves: but they MEASURING themselves by themselves, and COMPARING themselves among themselves, ARE NOT WISE” 2 Corinthians 10:12.
BE YOU IN LIFE AND GRACE – GODLY LIVING. BECOME WHOM AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE. BE MEANINGFUL AND FULFILLED IN THE PURPOSE AND CAUSE THAT YOU ARE FOLLOWING IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN YOU!
AND SAY AMEN.
My wife sent this highly recommended lovely read below by BEN CARSON this morning to me. I pray you get wisdom from it as you read it too. It’s inspiring and empowering.
**BEN CARSON WROTE:**
I was jogging this morning, and I noticed a person about ½ a kilometer ahead. I could tell he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good, I shall try to catch him. I had about a kilometer before I needed to turn off. So, I started running faster and faster.
Every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I really picked up the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the last leg of an Olympic competition. I was determined to catch him.
Finally, I did it! I caught and passed him. On the inside, I felt so good. “I beat him” Of course, he didn’t even know we were racing.
After I passed him, I realized I had been so focused on competing against him that I had missed my house. I had gone nearly six blocks past my house and I had to turn and go back.
Isn’t that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbors, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important?
We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our God-given destinies.
The problem with unhealthy competition is that it’s a never ending cycle. There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, nicer car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc.
But realize that “You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone.”
Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to what others are, where others are going, wearing and driving.
Take what God has given you, the height, weight and personality. Dress well and wear it proudly, you’ll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no competition in Destiny.
*RUN YOUR OWN RACE AND WISH OTHERS WELL TOO*
Good day all, please have a wonderful and restful day. Keep yourself safe please.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“For we DARE NOT make ourselves of the number, or COMPARE ourselves with some that COMMEND themselves: but they MEASURING themselves by themselves, and COMPARING themselves among themselves, ARE NOT WISE” 2 Corinthians 10:12.
“And we KNOW that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.
“Being CONFIDENT of this very thing, that he which hath BEGUN a good work in you will PERFORM it until the day of Jesus Christ” Philippians 1:6.
“For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘PLANS for PEACE and WELL-BEING and NOT for DISASTER, to GIVE you a FUTURE and a HOPE” Jeremiah 29:11 Amplified.
Further Scriptural Reading In Context: 1 Corinthians 12:12-26.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI