Living here in Nsoko, Eswatini has been such an adventure! We all get to do things we’ve never done. Such as; playing with African kids, use squatty potties, eat peanut butter and jelly every day, and live in a compound with 45 other kids who share the same passion for the Lord.
It is a blast to serve alongside all these amazing people. However, it started to become some -what of a struggle for me. My joy began to take a shift, because I started to comparing myself to those around me. Comparison had started to take root in my heart and I began to realized that I was concerning myself with other peoples’ relationships with the Lord. Thankfully the Lord showed up and turned me around.
Early one morning I was praying to the lord, asking him to help me not to compare myself, and wouldn’t you just guess it, He had the perfect scripture for me that morning!
I had been studying though John and was on my last chapter. If you’re not familiar with John 21, its where Jesus, after being resurrected, meets his disciples on the shore after fishing all night. He gets to talking to Peter about his death. After hearing these things, Peter turns around and sees John following and he asks, “lord, What about him?” (isn’t this just such a typical response when we are told something we don’t like, we immediately want to know what going to happen to others.)
Jesus responds with, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”
I just sat there taking in what the Lord was saying… WHAT IS THAT TO YOU? YOU FOLLOW ME!
I realized that other people’s relationships with the lord should never be a concern to me, I am to follow the Lord and nothing else.( I’m not saying that we should not be there for one another in the body of Christ, Just that we shouldn’t be worrying that we aren’t where they are.)
All comparison was doing was taking my eyes off of Christ and putting in on myself. When worrying about not being what others are, I was losing sight of who God created me to be.
Now every time I start to compare myself to others, this verse comes to mind, and I get turned around real fast!
I hope this is an encouragement to you all! Until next time, Tiara<3
