Quieting My Heart: No Need to Compare

Do you do as I often do,

and find yourself comparing?

Maybe even more so

in this world of online,

where everyone puts

their best out there

for all to see?

But if we keep our sights

on the important, and the eternal -

there is absolutely no room

for comparing, for competing.

“We are only God’s servants …

each of us did the work

the Lord gave us.”

(I Cor. 3:5)

How can we even dare 

to think that it is up to us -

our gifts, our talents,

that make things happen,

that makes the real difference?

Paul tells us,

“I planted the seed in your hearts,

and Apollos watered it,

but it was God

who made it grow.

It is not important

who does the planting

or who does the watering.

What’s important is that 

God makes the seed grow.”

(I Cor. 3:6-7)