Comparing Sucks

I read this post this morning...

Then I watched a guy speak who I thought I was a better preacher than and then i saw that they are about four times the size of church we are in the same time frame and then I was all... "I suck God... whats the deal."

God is good and reminded me the things he is teaching me and that it is his church anyway. And then he reminded me of some things he has been challenging me in lately in our morning prayer time. He is a good reminder.

I prayed a blessing over the guy I was comparing myself too and then I figured you might be comparing yourself to someone and thought I would blog about it and give us an opportunity to come clean.

We have to realize that comparing to one another sucks the life out of us not them. It causes a devaluation of us and does nothing to improve the health and vitality of our own situation.  I struggle with comparing often. I am working on it and trying not to be the guy who points out what everyone else is doing and makes excuses for myself. I want to play a different game. If we play the same game we can compare but if we rise above the game... Rise to a new level of living where like golf we play against ourselves then no one or no thing can suck us dry because we are not comparable.

God is working in you and me in different ways. That is good. I need God to work in and on me differently then he does you.

Are you ready to stop letting this happen? Ready to break free? I am...

Comments

[Em]

I have been comparing myself to others my entire life. In fact I think that is why I have done a majority of the things I have, good or bad. It got so bad that in all honesty I couldn't tell you who I really was, what made me unique from everyone else, I was too preoccupied with how I compared to everyone else. So, God and I started working on my struggle of who I am. I finally got it one day that God didn't care how I compared to people around me, and that I didn't have to either. I still catch myself comparing at times, but now I know that it isn't truth and I am able to let it go. Now I know who I am and who I am not. I feel stronger than I have in a long time. Yeay God! :)

[Pete Wilson]

Just glad to know I'm not alone.