Get Out of Self

Acts 11:17 And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?

You focus on what I give others that I have not given you. Others have gifts and talents and special assignments that I have chosen for them. Others have doors open to them that I do not choose to open to you. Others have personalities that are different than yours. Others have lives that are distinct from yours. These are all decisions that I have made. Do you not trust Me? Do you believe I do not know what is best? You are envious because you believe you should have these gifts, talents, lives. But I have not chosen any of that for you. Stop disliking them. Stop being jealous of them. Pray for them. Pray for their success in following Me, in representing Me, in doing my will. Is that not what you purport to want for yourself – to follow Me closely, to represent Me well, to do My will? Then why do you get in the way of others doing so when their success is beneficial to Me and to your fellow man? Stop looking at everything through the lens of yourself. You used to be able to better look at life, at circumstances, at people through the lens of others. Get back to that. I have plans for you. But you are too wrapped up in you to be ready for them. And you are bitter and angry and judgmental because you believe others have what you should have. Not so. If it were so, I would see that you have it, would I not? This is yet another level of stripping you bare so you can see what is not working in your life. You need to get out of you and step back into My view of things. Your self-centered lens on life is what is keeping you from stepping into what I have for you. So, do you really want to be of service to Me? Do you really want to be a Kingdom warrior? Do you really what to make a difference in the lives of others? Get out of self.