JEALOUSY=WORRY ABOUT YOURSELVES

JEALOUSY=WORRY ABOUT YOURSELVES


There is a terrible EMOTION
And it REGISTERS when
We start to COMPARE ourselves
To others=instead of
WORRYING about ourselves
And our own affairs


And it is called JEALOUSY


TODAY=we see it
Even RAISES its ugly head
Among the apostles=when Peter
Was CONCERNED about John


But Jesus puts Peter
IN his place
“What CONCERN is it
Of yours? You FOLLOW ME” John 21:22


Peter was CONCERNED
That Jesus LOVED John
More than ALL
The other apostles


And isn't that
The WAY it is with us
WHEN someone else
Gets that great job=
That brand new house=
Or car


That we
ALWAYS WANTED


JEALOUSY!=WORRY
ABOUT YOURSELVES


“How long Lord?
Will you be angry?
FOREVER?


How long=will your JEALOUSY
Burn like fire?” Psalm 79:5


“Anger is cruel=and
Fury overwhelming


But who can stand
Before JEALOUSY? Proverbs 27:4


JESUS was having
NONE of it=from Peter


His RESPONSE to Peter=
And to us
Is CUTTING to the bone


Jesus is SAYING=
“MIND your own business=
KEEP your mind on
Your own business=
WORRY about yourself”


Let us KEEP our minds
On Jesus
Let us FOLLOW HIM
In deep love


“Surely your GOODNESS
And LOVE
Will FOLLOW me


All the days
Of my life


And I will dwell
In the house
Of the Lord=FOREVER” Psalm 23:6


WHATEVER we want to BE
In life=BEGINS
With ourselves


And our WILINGNESS
To FOLLOW Jesus


“Then a teacher
Of the law
CAME to him and said
'Teacher I will FOLLOW YOU
Wherever you go'” Matthew 8:19


Our lives=our HOPES=
OUR DREAMS=begin and END
With Jesus


Dear LORD=we will FOLLOW YOU
Wherever you take us


In Jesus' name=and in the NAME of the most HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
5-18-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Steve Givens