The temptation to compare is as near as your next chat with a friend, trip to the store, or check-in on social media. And whether you come out on top or come up lacking, there is simply no win in comparison. It’s a trap.
The temptation to compare is as near as your next chat with a friend, trip to the store, or check-in on social media. And whether you come out on top or come up lacking, there is simply no win in comparison. It’s a trap.
We’ve all heard of a win-win outcome. But we are daily engaging in a lose-lose activity and we may not even realize how destructive it is. Being rich-er or smart-er or funny-er, or thinn-er, may feel like a short-term win, but for ourselves, our families, and our marriages, comparison is a game with no winners. This week we will examine Solomon’s wisdom about comparison from the book of Ecclesiastes.
God is the creator of the universe. God is awesome, smart and powerful. And he has told us to call him... Father. In this message we unpack what being part of God’s family can mean for our self-assurance. God’s opinion of us may provide something we haven’t yet found comparing ourselves to others.
Comparison is being caught in the trap of constantly asking, “Does she have more than me? Are they better off? Is he smarter, funnier, richer?” We preoccupy ourselves with these questions, but God has a better plan. What you have is less important than what you do with what you have. In this message, we will use a familiar parable to illustrate the question God would have us ask; a question that will free us from the comparison trap once and for all.