But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,
One of the things that will kill your momentum and rob of your strength is comparison. When we judge ourselves based on someone else’s wins, their looks, their Facebook persona or anything else, we have lessened our God given value.
Comparison will kill your future possibilities as well as you ability to help others be better and stronger. The choice is yours and mine to stop putting ourselves up next to someone else.
Speaking personally in light of the present pandemic and chaos that it is causing as a pastor it is easy to choose to compare our church and ministry with others. It is not wrong to get ideas and even use what others are doing. But when we belittle others or think less of others we have chosen to go down the wrong road.
It has been incredible over the last week or more to share with others some of the things God has blessed us with. Yesterday I met with a local pastor and shared resources as well as ideas to make their church possibly stronger. That doesn’t mean we have arrived. It does mean we have learned and want to help others learn.
Stop putting yourself or your church or your family next to anyone else. In fact choose to make yourself and those around you better. By serving others you strength yourself. By helping someone else succeed you will succeed even more.
I truly hope this make sense because this is something that some of us battle all the time. Let’s celebrate the wins of the people around us and others far from us. Find ways to make those closest to you the best they can be. Knowingly choose to serve people who might not expect for you to help them.
We are better when we are working for each other. Let’s make others stronger.
Romans 15:2 NLT
We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.
Philippians 2:3 PASSION
Be free from pride-filled opinions, for they will only harm your cherished unity. Don’t allow self-promotion to hide in your hearts, but in authentic humility put others first and view others as more important than yourselves.
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