Daily Devotion February 8--Comparison

February 8

Psalm 139:13-14

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Oh my.  How often do we compare ourselves to other people?  Social media has made this a constant problem for many people.  We watch others go on really cool trips.  Or see pictures of them doing really fun things.  And how do they always look so great in their pictures (filters, I know).  But we do sometimes fall into that trap of comparing ourselves to those around us.  Some of these people we don't really even know.  Almost always we find ourselves falling short when we compare ourselves with other people.

God doesn't call us to use comparison.   He wants us to always remember that He made each of us to be exactly what He wants us to be.  Remember how Moses stood at the burning bush telling God all of his weaknesses and all of the reasons he couldn't lead God's people.  Don't you think he had heard other people tell him all those same weaknesses?   We do that so often ourselves. We listen to criticism or ridicule from other people.   But when  we do this, we aren't giving God credit for know what talents each of us has been given.    When we compare ourselves and only view ways we are "lesser" we open the door for the devil to steal our confidence and make us so self-conscious that we don't want to try.  We begin to compare ourselves to others and say we just don't have their abilities.  BUT THAT IS OK!!!  God did not create us all to be the same!  He created you to be you and me to be me. ( I will never be the decorator for a social gathering but I can wash the dishes like nobody's business!)  Be who God created you to be.

As we go through our day, let us remember that we are each fearfully and wonderfully made and Divinely designed and not compare ourselves to others around us.