At that point Saul turned out to be exceptionally furious, for this truism disappointed him; and he stated, "They have credited to David ten thousands, however to me they have attributed thousands."
1 Samuel 18:8
Have you ever seen that there are sure sins individuals simply don't prefer to concede are issues for them? Envy appears to me to be one of those transgressions. Individuals will promptly confess to having battles with stress, desire, dread, unbelief, pride, or narrow-mindedness. however, not with desire and jealousy. As one desirous man protectively let me know in a gathering one day, "Well, I KNOW that I am not envious!" Oh truly? To cite William Shakespeare, "Me thinks thou dost fight excessively."
SAUL AND DAVID
Saul was green with envy over David. He detested the ladies' melody, "Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands." Big inquiry: Do you figure Saul would have conceded he was desirous of David? NEVER! Why would that be?
Conceding envy uncovers an incredible weakness and an exceptionally bad heart. also, nobody truly needs to confess to having that sort of heart. Our pride kicks in at the idea of being envious and we state, "Who me?! No chance!" in all actuality huge numbers of us battle with desire. what's more, ministers can be the most noticeably awful wrongdoers.
THE JEALOUSY TEST
1. Is there somebody in your life (a companion, a kin, a colleague, a cohort, a partner, or a "contender") whom you generally appear to contrast yourself with, bringing about pride (YES, I am showing improvement over you are) or sorrow (CRUD, you are showing improvement over I am)?
2. Is there somebody in your life who consistently appears to get the breaks. furthermore, it just makes you debilitated in light of the fact that you never appear to get them?
3. Is there somebody in your life whom you furtively want to see fizzle and crash and burn?
4. Is there somebody in your life whom you have outrage towards in light of the fact that individuals are singing stronger and more for him than they are for you?
5. Is there somebody you experience extraordinary difficulty celebrating with when something great occurs for him?
Would it be able to be that you, as are Saul, (might I venture to state it?) desirous?
DEFEATING THE GREEN MONSTER
Naturally, I am an extremely serious individual. In all that I do, I need to win. On the off chance that the ladies of Israel will sing a melody about killing the Philistines, I need to be the one killing 10,000, not 1,000. I need to be David, not Saul. You should?
My seriousness can without much of a stretch lead to desire in the event that I am not cautious. At the point when I discover myself bombing the envy test, I should rapidly do the accompanying to free my heart of that poison:
1. STOP COMPARING! I am not to be worried about being THE BEST. I am to ensure I generally put forth a valiant effort. Do you see the contrast between these two things?
In Matthew 25, Jesus told an incredible anecdote of the gifts. The King was going on a long excursion and depended his abilities (an enormous amount of cash) to his three workers. One man got five, another got two, and another got one. Clearly, the person who began with one would NEVER outperform the person who began with five. He was unable to be the best and the greatest maker in that anecdote. In any case, he was not in rivalry with the other two people. The Lord was worried about the one ability fellow putting forth a valiant effort, not being the best.
Toward the finish of life, the central issues from the Lord will be basically this: What did you do with what I gave you? Did you put forth a valiant effort and step out in confidence? Did you utilize that one ability without limit, to the wonder of your God. or then again did you cover it in the ground, protesting the entire time that you never get a break, that others generally get more than you do, and that God is simply not reasonable?
My companion, stopped looking at and begin utilizing what you have been given. Put forth a valiant effort and leave the outcomes with God.
2. BEGIN REALIZING! Your occupation on this planet is to satisfy God, not to be the undisputed boss in each field of rivalry. At the point when you center around satisfying God, you keep your eyes where they ought to be: on God and off others. Also, when you truly center around satisfying God, you put forth a valiant effort and disregard being the best.
RULER SAUL, KING BUST
Saul's life was a misfortune of immeasurable scope since desire devoured him. He might have had an incredible rule, using a skilled hero like David to the full in his realm. All things being equal, he spent by far most of his long term rule as a desirous autocrat, carrying on with a day to day existence loaded with hopelessness, outrage, harshness, distrustfulness, and good ways from God. What a pitiful image of the desolating impacts of desire.
Try not to let desire have your lunch as it ate Saul's. Stop contrasting, begin acknowledging, and appreciate a daily routine experienced for His wonder and the notoriety of His name!