Have you gained the victory over the enemy within you? There is jealousy. Would you overcome that?
There is a fable of an eagle that was jealous of another
that could outfly him. He saw a sportsman one day & said to him:
"I wish you would bring down that eagle."
The sportsman replied that he would if he only had some
feathers to put into his arrow. So the eagle pulled out one of his wing. The
arrow was shot, but didn't quite reach the rival eagle; it was flying too high.
The envious eagle kept pulling out more feathers until he
lost so many that he couldn't fly, and then the sportsman turned around &
killed him.
My friend, if you are jealous, the only man you can hurt is
yourself.
- D. L. Moody (moreillustrations.com)
1 Cor 3:3 (CJB): “For you are still worldly! Isn’t it
obvious from all the jealousy and quarrelling among you that you are worldly
and living by merely human standards?”
“Too often we think of being tempted as being enticed to do
big things like stealing, murdering or committing adultery. But most often
we're tempted to be impatient, stingy, jealous, greedy or any number of other
things that we consider lesser sins.” -
Joyce Meyer.
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