Title: Freedom from Jealousy (1 Samuel 18:6)
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freedom from jealousy
1 Samuel 18:6-16
There is a book called [David J. Lieberman] written by a man called [David J. Lieberman]. In this book, we analyze the wrong behaviors that we tend to commit habitually and introduce solutions. Seventy-seven stories are introduced. Among them are these. And, and what is the seventy-seventh of the last one?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; Even though you know it's wrong, you don't try to change your mind by being caught up in something you're already familiar with. As the title of the book suggests, don't you think I have a problem? We live without realizing that these things that we have neglected in our lives are hindering our maturation. Even for us today, there are many things that we should throw away and change, but how many things we cannot do? In particular, as I said earlier, the feeling of jealousy, which makes us feel good when others do well, and secretly rejoices when others do bad things, is still a residue that remains in our hearts. In fact, how frightening the feelings of jealousy and envy are, we do not think much of it, and live immersed in those feelings as we go through our lives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ally The problem here is serious.
Dr. [P. Salovey], a professor of psychology at Yale University, said that more than 20% of crimes in the United States are motivated by jealousy. Then we too need to think deeply about this jealousy.
One of the characteristics of jealousy is that he rarely becomes jealous of people who are not related to him. Would a clothing store owner be jealous of a farmer who became rich because he was a good farmer? Office workers don't get jealous just because the local grocery store is doing well. It is said that I am not jealous of people who do things that are different from me or who are engaged in work that has nothing to do with me, but when I am in a competitive relationship in the same field, jealousy arises. It is a fact that the most jealousy occurs in marital relationships, romantic relationships and friendship relationships.
What will be the end of Saul's jealousy of David? Gradually you lose your wisdom. You will also lose your ability. When he loses the war and becomes a prisoner in front of the enemy, he ends his life as a helpless king who takes out the sword of the soldier next to him and kills himself. Jealousy ultimately destroys me and is a sin that kills me.
Also, when a famous German composer [Schumann] meets a younger composer [Brahms] who is very talented, [Schumann] not only praises and encourages this junior, but also works hard to debut him. And when [Schumann] has to spend the rest of his life suffering from mental illness in old age, [Brahms] shows a beautiful friendship that takes responsibility for the rest of his senior [Schumann] who loved and cared for him and helps him until the end. what a wonderful life
Folks, when I start to be jealous, even my possibilities disappear. So the best way not to be jealous is to be able to see what you have first. There are things that God has given to me that others do not have, rather than thinking about what others do not have or have. Just think about it and live. I mean, see my potential. Jealousy is when you fail to develop this and destroy yourself compared to others. All I have to do is live a life in which I am used according to the gifts God has given me in my own way. There is a proverb that goes, "A dwarf bird is trying to follow a stork and his leg is torn." If you know how to be satisfied there and find happiness there, there is no need to be jealous. You must be able to see the me that God created and who God expects.
Dear saints!
Saul, who, despite having many possibilities and many strengths, failed to overcome the emotion of jealousy and eventually left God, is a human image that we should not resemble. Unfortunately, we do not know how many people are living like Saul. Not knowing that he is going to ruin himself because he is bound by the emotion of jealousy. This is unfortunate. Today, I hope that you will live the life of a believer free from jealousy when you first discover your God-given ability and live your life in gratitude for it, rejoicing and celebrating the good things of others.