“Nah man, he’s not better than me. I don’t know what went wrong. I was on the top of my game.” “Why did she inherit all that property? She can’t even wipe her own nose.” The voting must have been fixed. Nobody at this school even likes him.”
God blesses the underdog, less fortunate, and the least popular too. And it can sting our ego and burst our ballooned self-esteem. Even more, our arrogant pride can show off our less likable trait “greediness.” But does it sting enough to put us in our proper place?
Be happy for those that God blesses. Rather than down playing another’s successes, recognition and gifts, give praise to God that He thought them special enough to reward and thank God for giving you the opportunity to witness His greatness.
Inspired by 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.
Not many of you were wise by human standards,
not many were powerful,
not many were of noble birth.
Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,
and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
and God chose the lowly and despised of the world,
those who count for nothing,
to reduce to nothing those who are something,
so that no human being might boast before God.
It is due to him that you are in Christ Jesus,
who became for us wisdom from God,
as well as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,
so that, as it is written,
“Whoever boasts, should boast in the Lord.”
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