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Meditation

This proverb highlights the need for us to cherish what is already ours and the pain of comparison when we go looking for more in other places. "Comparison is the thief of joy" is a quote attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. The quote and this proverb serve as a reminder that constantly comparing ourselves to others can lead to feelings of dissatisfaction, envy, and unhappiness.

Social media often leads to comparison because people share their best moments, making others feel like they don't measure up. Seeing these highlights can cause envy and self-doubt, making us compare ourselves to the seemingly perfect lives of others.

To overcome the tendency to compare ourselves to others, we must dismantle it at its root. The root of comparison is entitlement and envy. If you compare and find yourself greater than others, you feel superior. If you compare and find yourself short, you feel less than others.

When you play the comparison game, your sense of self-worth is fragile because you’re not related to God as you should be. No more or less acclamation, no amount of applause or accolades as compared to others, will fill that hole. Nothing will heal your heart except God himself looking at you and saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” The most effective way to do this is by focusing on the cross of Jesus. There, we are gloriously and happily cut down to size and are humbled. We deserve nothing, yet he gave us everything. Rather than comparing what we have to others, our hearts brim with gratitude that Jesus deems us worthy of any role in His plan.

Allow the cross to defeat the temptation to compare in your life by dismantling entitlement in your heart. Embrace your chances to serve Jesus in the domain He has assigned you. And then give thanks for the ways that others offer their service—no matter how their work compares to yours. You are on the same mission.

Prayer

Lord, help us be grateful that will root out comparison in our hearts. All we have is from you.

Application question

How grateful would you be if you stoped comparing yourself to others?