Overcoming Obstacles Series- FOUR- Comparison

Yes- The measuring stick.

There will always be those who are faster,

 better skilled,

gifted for crafting framework around ideas, 

more innovative,

widely recognized for their contributions...

the list goes on and on.

So it makes it easy to give up along the way...

even if we did manage to get started.

Sometimes it IS necessary to put 

"blinders on."

Asking questions to check on 

JUST our own growth.

Have we ourselves moved- forward?

Are we following our own calling?

Do we see our work as God-given vocation?

Do we understand that we need to seek

 the approval of ONLY our heavenly Father?

Seeking the approval of only the ONE?

How this is gift!
Especially when we focus on work
 of eternal consequence.

Bible verse meditations:

For what was glorious has no glory now
 in comparison with the surpassing glory. (NIV)
2 Corinthians 3:10

For this light momentary affliction
 is preparing
 for us an eternal weight of glory
 beyond all comparison, 
as we look to the things that are seen
 but to the things that are unseen. 
For the things that are seen are transient, 
but the things that are unseen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (ESV)

For am I now seeking the approval
 of man, or of God? 
Or am I trying to please man? 
If I were still trying to please man,
 I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10 (ESV)