#EaglesDevotonal - EMULATION

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works”(Hebrews 10:24)

Emulation speaks of striving to be like somebody else or struggling to be equal with another. This implies not being satisfied with whom you are and what you have to the point that you crave to be like some other person. Emulation usually manifests in rivalry, criticizing and condemning another.

There is nothing wrong in admiring a person’s talents, gift and achievements. There is nothing wrong in wanting to learn from someone who is on the same career path or has gone ahead in a thing you have set out to achieve, but does your admiring a person lead to obsession, lust and anger? Do you think of pulling down that person so can rise to that level?

This is one common occurrence in the world today. You see staffs lying to owners of company so they can get their superiors sacked and take their position, Brothers pulling down brothers for favours in the home, even church members talking bad about the leaders of their ministry just so they can take the position. This is not a character worthy of a man or woman of vision.
As a person with vision, you should appreciate one another and highlight your merits, not your shortcomings. Help others improve on their short comings not broadcasting their flaws for the world to see.
Rather than join the crowd to accuse a person because they are not perfect like the scribes and Pharisees in John 8:1-11, think of ways to be a better you. Check yourself in the mirror of Galatians 5:20-21, be alert, make amends and straighten your weak points accordingly.

FURTHER READING: Galatians 5:20-21, John 8:1-11
PRAYER/CONFESSION: Father, I repent
WORDS OF WISDOM: Pulling a person down means they are in front of you, why not improve yourself and be better.

 Eagles Devotional is a daily revelatory and inspirational Publication by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the founder and presiding Pastor of Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, Nigeria.

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