View Replies

Forum

Prayer Email archive:
(08/01/2001) greener over there?


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: greener over there? [Psalm 73:3] For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. We've been talking about happiness. Well, I know one reason why many times we are unhappy. We become unhappy when we see other people prosper. It's worse when we see the wicked and people living in a worldly way getting blessed and prospering left, right and center while we ourselves seem to be struggling along helplessly. It's just doesn't seem fair. Guess what? The author of this psalm, had the same problem. He was also subject to a lot of human temptations. And one of that temptation is to compare and to belittle ourselves. When we belittle ourselves, in actual fact, we are belittling God. We are actually doubting God and His plans for us. We are telling Him, "Sorry Lord,I prefer to believe the circumstances rather than believe in You." Well, you know what happened to the psalmist at the end of this psalm? He said this: [Psalm 73:22] So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. He repented. I've said before that repentance begins by changing your mind. Well, the psalmist changed his mind. He realised that he was so foolish and IGNORANT, it was like he was as a beast before God. An animal, that's what he called himself. Do you know why he used such harsh words about himself? Because he realised that he was being ungrateful and he was becoming an unbeliever in the God that he believed in. When we believe in God, we have to go all out and believe. He will not fail us or forsake us. The psalmist was foolish because if he ignored all God has done and shown him, and decided to fall into envy, bitterness and jealousy, he was like an ungrateful beast who just does not understand. He also realised that he was ignorant. Do you know why? Because our lives are not short term. Everything that you possess or the other person possess is temporal. One day you can have everything, the next day it can be gone. If you are in the world and living in the world and chasing after the world, you are being very short-sighted. You will reap what you sow. Sometimes, we just don't see that and we choose to see the outward manifestation of someone's success and we become short sighted. If people live without God, their end is destruction and there is no real security. If they don't come to the saving knowledge of God's grace, their end is destruction. The real security is in God and that is what we have. God is more precious than silver and more costly than gold. [Psalm 37:1,2] 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. We cannot live other people's lives, only our own. We cannot live in their dreams but only in our own. Your life is your own. Don't spend your time thinking about other people's lives, start living your own. So, stop thinking that the grass is greener on the other side because the only grass that matters is on your side. 2. New prayer requests: i. broken home -- guest http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1920 ii. prayers urgently needed -- massive http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1923 iii. Show Me The Way -- kennethp http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1925 iv. Please pray for a wandering friend -- mandib http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1926 3. Prayer update: i. Praise the Lord!!! -- littleone http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1922 ii. PRAISE the LORD! & Continue praying for me -- zipporah http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1924 iii. Update on mom's chemo treatment -- debra http://mydevotion.com/p.asp?tid=1927 4. Number of prayer warriors: 887 We welcome angel eyes, pirate80, musicman, braziii, susieq, knowledge, regi, encourager91, bizzy, cwilli, vickilynn, queenie, bms161, mandib, pennstt1330 and rosebudsanddaisi into our prayer group. We just joined topica and many duplicate and invalid emails have been removed. 1 have unsubscribed and 19 emails have become invalid. in Christ, Wai Hun
Wednesday, August 01, 2001 7:30:31 AM waihun
changed on Saturday, August 18, 2001 6:42:07 AM

Please vote for us. This will encourage others to visit the site.