When we will learn that there is room for us all in the Kingdom of God? Lord, please help us! Why do we feel the need to compete with God’s children when what God has for you is for you, and what He has for me is for me? Why are we jealous of other people’s gifts, talents, and abilities? We all are gifted, although we carry different gifts. That’s by design, Sisters. We are different parts of the same body. (Ephesians 4:16) Instead of being jealous of someone else’s gifts, put that same energy into cultivating the precious gifts that you carry.
Other times, we may just be focusing on the wrong things for the wrong reasons. But this isn’t new, not even in Kingdom living:
A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing. So, John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.” (John 3:25-26 NLT)
