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COMPARING OURSELVES.

 


Ofcourse, we wouldn’t dare to put ourselves in the same class or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. They compare themselves to one another and make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and then they judge themselves by their own standards. What self-delusion. But we are those who choose to limit our boasting to only the measure of the work to which God has appointed us – a measure that by the way has reached as far as you 2 Corinthians 10:12-13 TPT. This was a portion of a letter written by Paul to the Corinthians.

God gave us all different talents and abilities because he is the Supreme God and he loves variety. Just imagine if we all looked alike, talked alike, and behaved the same way it would be a boring world. But our diversities make us all uniquely different. God also gave everyone a unique assignment which is our God-given purpose, but what happens is that we get derailed from fulfilling our divine purpose because we begin to compare ourselves.

For example, God has called Mrs A to be a gospel artiste and anointed her with the voice and all that it takes for her to succeed on a global scale, and called Mrs C to be a mother who is going to train up her children in the way of the Lord because they are destined to become the next generation of anointed men and women of God who are going to do great exploits in God’s kingdom. Imagine if Mrs C begins to compare her life with that of Mrs A’s.

In the parable of talents Matthew 25:14-20, it tells us of a master who was traveling and entrusted his property to the hands of his servants before he left. According to the abilities of each man one servant received 5 talents another received 2 and another 1. In relation to the parable of talents maybe Mrs A was given 5 talents and Mrs. C was given 2 talents, they are both gifted with talents and have completely different assignments but If either of them starts to compare notes they will get derailed. In the parable of talents, the servant with 5 talents was not more qualified than the servant with 2 talents, so even if Mrs C’s assignment seems irrelevant to the world it is as relevant to God as Mrs A’s assignment, if she remains focused on God and dedicated to the assignment that God has given to her she will receive her reward. 

The most important comparison in our lives should be the comparison of who we are now and who God has called us to be, the assignment we are occupying ourselves with right now versus the assignment God has given to us. If God gives you a maths assignment and you start copying answers from someone who is writing his English assignment the outcome will be a failure.

But the question is how do I know the assignment that God has given to me? The word of God should be our guide and what it says about us, let that be the standard by which we measure ourselves and not the standard of the world.

Stay focused on God and what He says about you and be committed and dedicated to fulfilling your purpose and assignment let that be at the center of all that you do.

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