It is yours … God gave it to you

Every word of scripture is powerful and very meaningful; but at various times, one scripture or the other just leaps out at one and really sticks. The scripture in Deuteronomy below is one of such scriptures for me.  This scripture makes it difficult for me to understand why a believer would be envious of any one. How I hate those evil twins - envy and jealousy: vile and deadly yet very subtle. They are so subtle and simple sometimes that you may even think them harmless. The world now talks about healthy jealousy and/or rivalry amongst siblings or friends. They say it is not harmful instead it provokes healthy competition. Another huge lie from hell! Nothing good comes from satan.

Job 5: 2 “Surely resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.”

Satan is behind it and his aim is always to steal from man, to kill and destroy him. Hell is never confused about its purpose so that even if it appears to be doing good, its ultimate goal is your destruction. Another thing about envy and/or jealousy is that they hurt the person incubating them the most. It is always a sign that satan is hot on the chase of the ‘incubator’ i.e. desperate to destroy them. Unfortunately, sometimes the person you are jealous of may be totally oblivious of what is going on inside you. While you are being eaten up, God in a twist of faith is more often than not, blessing them. It is time to realize that we don’t need everything; we just need what is ours which is what has been given to us by heaven and we need it to come to us at the right time. So my favorite scripture is below: 

Deuteronomy 2: 4 – 6 “You have been wandering around in this hill country long enough; turn to the north. Give these orders to the people: ‘You will pass through the Country belonging to your relatives the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. The Edomites will feel threatened, so be careful. Do not bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property, and I will not give you even one square foot of their land. If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.”

Very clearly, God is telling us that whatever He gives you is yours except you give it up. He is also letting us know that if you take what belongs to another, God will never give it to you and it will eventually be taken from you. Heaven will never support your owning it. If however, you refuse to own what is yours, God may give it to another, because He obviously abhors vacuums, the principle of replacement comes in and that is God’s prerogative. If you bitch, kill and steal, it wouldn’t change anything: if it has been taken from you like the kingdom was taken from Saul or Esau’s birthright was taken from him, there is nothing you can do about it, it has been taken and you gave it up.

Psalm 127: 1b “Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with a sentry will do no good.”

Let us stop wasting useful energy on useless things so that we will have energy to work while it is yet day that we may attain onto the heights that God has ordained for us. If you do your own bit, be assured that God will not forget that He gave it to you. He will not give it to another so leave other people and focus on applying yourself to doing that which your hands find to do and the God of heaven will guard your territory for you so that you don’t need to guard it yourself.