We must be very very careful not to envy another. Through my morning bible studies I learned how demonic the spirit of envy is today and how evil it was portrayed in the bible then . Did you know there is a vast difference between jealousy and envy? I honestly didn't and now I know that to be jealous of someone means you want what they have, if not the same, more. To envy someone means you want to block their blessings and rob them of them. To actually plot against the person. I used to work in a place that was highly competitive and I never understood why so many people "hated on me" for my success. I can see so clearly today that the environment I used to work in was of demonic spirits and that the owner himself ran his company this way. I was in a meeting room one day waiting for everyone to arrive and he looked cold into my eyes and asked me "how does it feel to be independently wealthy with all your town homes and cars?" One of his executives stated to me on another occasion "look at how you set yourself up so nicely making all this money without having to deal with the owner every day". Even my direct boss jumped on this bandwagon and came in to my office one day and I had a Saks Fifth Avenue tote bag on my floor and he commented, "must be nice to have money". Mind you these people making these comments to me were all earning half a million or more and yet they were making these cruel comments to me. I was so upset and did not understand why I was being punished for being successful? Is it no wonder that the Lord freed me from this place shortly thereafter? I understand more than ever why the Lord said, "Let no man enslave you to the blessings that I bestowed upon you" . Today I can see what was happening to me. I was a Christian woman shining God's light and the blessings He bestowed upon me were the very things they envied in me and plotted to take from me. What they plotted in their hearts towards me was evil and to harm, but the Lord turned it all around for good and removed me from that place once and for all after 21 years of service. Romans 12:21 What a mighty God we serve. Be on guard today if you know anyone that is acting this way towards you or if you feel this way towards another. Ask the Lord God to remove this from you for it is of the evil one and it will destroy you. If you are experiencing it towards you than you must pray to the Lord to protect you and let no weapon formed against you prosper. Take heed and take heart today.
James 3:16
James 4:2-3
Galatians 5: 19-21
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