'Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long" (Proverbs 23:17).
We are ever to put the Lord first in every thing we do. Let our focus be on the Lord our God, Creator and Redeemer, rather than on sinners, even to envy them. David was tempted to envy the wicked, and remind us in Psalm 37:1 that we should not fret ourselves because of evil doers, or be envious against the workers of iniquity. The wicked will in time reap their reward and fall into mischief, as they hardened their hearts against God and His Word. Even, as Children of God, we are sometimes apt to be envious in our hearts, towards those who do not fear or reverence God; of their prosperity, pleasure and honour, which is not eternal. But we are admonished by King Solomon, that we are not to let our heart envy sinners: but to be in fear of the Lord all the day long. We must exercise our faith and trust in the Lord. We should not look to wicked and evil men who do not fear God; but keep our focus on the Lord and fear Him. We might have been envious of those who seem to be flourishing, but when we come to Jesus Christ, we should lay aside any envy, which actually hinder our spiritual growth. 1 Peter 2:1 says, "Wherefore lay aside all malice, and guile, and hypocrises, and envies and all evil speaking." If we harbour envy in our hearts towards others; maybe it's their popularity, their ministries, their jobs, their financial wealth, appearance, etc., and moreso be envious of simners who know not the Lord, and is under His wrath, we need to fervently go to God and ask him to take that envy away; because being envious is considered a sin. Let us heed the Word of God, and instead of envying sinners, we are admonished to be in the fear of the Lord all day long. Let our focus be on Jesus! He will give us all we need, when we are in need. He cares for us and will prosper and give us success as our needs be.
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'But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you' (Matthew 6:33). The Lord is our Provider and knows all that we are in need of before we even ask. We do not need to worry or fret ourselves about what we shall eat or drink. Our Father in heaven will take care of these things we need. We are told by Jesus, 'To seek first the kingdom of God.' What does that mean? It means we should lean on, and trust in the grace of Jesus Christ. We should repent of our sins and have a desire to turn away from it. We should seek to put God first in our praise to Him, in our worship of Him, to put our total trust in Him and to rely on Him rather than ourselves or others. We need to seek Him first in our reassurance and acknowledging who He is and what He can do. We also need to seek God's righteousness by loving our neighbors and feeding the poor and destitute, seek justice for the vulnerable. We should put God's plan and
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