Avoid envy

“And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,” Acts 7:9

Avoid envy at all costs. Always appreciate someone who is doing well and God will visit you too. Envy is a negative force that moves someone to do something against another. It is emotional but it is negative and slowly destroys whosoever allows it in his or her life. When a man begins to feel that his neighbor has what he is supposed to have or is making progress more than him, he can become envious. At that point, he will stop working on his own progress and start wasting time to plot the fall of his neighbor.

“And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.” Genesis 37:19-20

“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.” Genesis 50:20

Can you see what envy did to Joseph’s brother? They wanted to kill him because of his dreams. Instead of them to dream their own dreams, they started plotting against their brother. Eventually God turned their evil plan to good and they only helped him to fulfil his dreams. May anyone that is envious against you fail in Jesus name. May you not be consumed by envy against anyone in Jesus name. If envy wants to grip you, kill it immediately. Don’t feed it with your thought.

Prayer for today: Oh Lord, deliver me from envy and from envious friends in Jesus name.