Rare is the person who could say their efforts to do what is good and right were never undermined by a friend or competitor. Most governments gather information to undermine efforts to harm their people. Everyone has the tendency to sabotage their fellowship with God by choosing sin.
A few years ago an Olympian ice skater became jealous of another Olympian whom she perceived as a threat to her winning the gold medal. She then inflicted a crippling injury to the other skater to eliminate her as competition. This brutal act resulted in permanent disqualification from the Olympics.
Saul, God’s chosen king of Israel, set himself in opposition to God’s blessings. He was prideful to a fault and would blame others for his failures. When God’s approval is your goal, the joy and strength you find in him prevents self-sabotage from gaining a strangle-hold.
Hold on tightly to this truth.
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: Sexual immorality; impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissentions, faction and envy; drunkenness, orgies ... But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
~Galatians
5:19-23 New International Version
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