Sprititual Jealousy. HELP!

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queen_reasons

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Hi all,
I met my best friend 3 years ago and began leading her deeper in her walk with God. In the past year she's gained much more spiritual authority than myself. When she prays over people the Spirit of God falls on them and she stirs revival everywhere she goes. I feel like I'm living in her spiritual shadow. It's hard for me to be a good friend and be excited when she shares of the great things God is doing through her. Her spiritual successes are reminders of my spiritual failures. She only has the best intentions but sometimes I feel insignificant around her, even thought she still turns to me for wisdom. How do I deal with this jealousy?

-Envious
 
tourist

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It seems to me that you were instrumental in your friend's spiritual development and have no reason to be ashamed.

Welcome to CC.
 
Joidevivre

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God reminds us through Jeremiah: "Whoever boasts must boast in this: that he understands and knows me." It is not about your wisdom or lack of it, nor your spiritual strength or lack of it, or the effect of any ministry you do.

Different people have different anointings for various ministries.

It is only about that you KNOW HIM.
 
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atwhatcost

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queen_reasons said:
Hi all,
I met my best friend 3 years ago and began leading her deeper in her walk with God. In the past year she's gained much more spiritual authority than myself. When she prays over people the Spirit of God falls on them and she stirs revival everywhere she goes. I feel like I'm living in her spiritual shadow. It's hard for me to be a good friend and be excited when she shares of the great things God is doing through her. Her spiritual successes are reminders of my spiritual failures. She only has the best intentions but sometimes I feel insignificant around her, even thought she still turns to me for wisdom. How do I deal with this jealousy?

-Envious
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Mentally, you already have. You see where you stand and you're having the right reactions to it.

Emotionally? I'm not even sure we can deal with emotionally. See if you can. Imagine I told you I'm sending you a million dollars, but don't get excited. Did it work? Could you not get excited if you tried? That's why I'm not sure we can deal with the emotional.

That's not to say it's not sin. Jesus did say merely looking at a woman in lust is committing adultery, so apparently our emotional reactions are counted as much as our physical reactions.

We're stuck. We can't fix that about ourselves.

BUT, isn't that the point of Jesus? He told us even lusting after a woman, (oh, let's get real, we're both women, so if there's any lusting, it's aimed at a guy, so let's see the bigger picture there), is sin, because he was showing us how totally and completely inept we are. Thus, why we need him.

We can't. He can. He asked us to ask him, so it's good to ask. It's also good to ask over and over.

Weird thing happens when we ask. That emotion does change. It does become more like how he wants us to be. Not really that weird. He's working that in us. So, we ask when we need, whether that's every minute, every hour or once a day. (He did ask us to ask for daily bread, not a lifetime supply, so I'm pretty sure he only gives a daily dose so we return to him when we need more.)

So, just keep remembering to ask Jesus to change your emotions to his emotions. Think about it. He's happy how well she's doing in him. He's equally as happy with you. Since he isn't stuck in the time-space continuum, I'm not entirely convinced he's happy with us in one minute, but unhappy in the next. He sees what he's doing with us. All of those the Father has chosen. God's getting his will with us, so why would he be unhappy? Just keep asking and he'll get you where he wants you.
 
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