Many go through life competing with everyone around them. They see someone who's more talented, better looking or has more gifts. Instead of running their own race and being comfortable with who they are, oftentimes they feel inferior and start thinking, "I've got to catch up to them." The problem with this unhealthy competition is that it's a continuous cycle.
Remember, there will always be someone ahead of us. But, it's a very freeing thing when you realise, "I'm not competing with anyone. I don't have to have a big house like my friends to feel good about myself. I don't have to keep up with my co-workers. I don't have to be a certain size. I don't have to have as many Christmas lights outside. No, I understand that I'm not in competition with my friend, my neighbour or my co-worker. Instead, I'm going to be the best me that I can be".
Today, I remind you, contentment is an attitude God can work with. When you focus on being who God made you to be, and focus on running your own race, that's when you'll see things happen. That's when you'll rise up higher, and position yourself for every spiritual blessing God has in store for you!
"...let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith..." (Hebrews 12:1–2, NKJV).
Let's Pray
Yahweh, I humbly come to You giving You all that I am. Father, I will stay in my God-given lane in life. I will keep my eyes on You and allow You to work in my heart and mind. I rebuke the self destructive attitudes of competition, jealousy and envy. I declare that I am free from negative, unhealthy competition today, in Christ's Name! Amen.