TO MUCH TO LOSE

READ GENESIS 37:1-38:30

A FABLE OFF TWO EAGLES IS TOLD. ONE EAGLE WAS ABEL TO OUT-FLY THE OTHER BY A GREAT DISTANCE, AND THE OTHER WAS SIEZED BY JEALOUSY. THE ENVIOUS EAGLE SAW A HUNTER AND APPROACHED HIM, SAYING,"I WISH YOU WOULD BRING DOWN THAT EAGLE." THE HUNTER AGREED TO HELP, BUT HE NEEDED SOME FEATHERS FOR AN ARROW. THE EAGLE PULLED OUT ONE OF HIS OWN FEATHERS AND OFFERED IT TO THE HUNTER. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ARROW DID NOT REACH THE RIVAL EAGLE IT WAS FLYING TOO HIGH.

THE ENVIOUS EAGLE GAVE THE HUNTER MORE AND MORE FEATHERS. BUT THE OTHER EAGLE WAS NEVER PIERCED BY THE HUNTER'S ARROW'S. EVENTUALLY, THE JEALOUS EAGLE HAD LOST SO MANY FEATHERS THAT HE COULD NO LONGER FLY. THE HUNTER THEN TURNED AROUND AND KILLED THE EAGLE WITH AN ARROW MADE WITH ITS OWN FEATHERS.

"WHEN(JOSEPH'S) BROTHERS SAW THAT THEIR FATHER LOVED HIM MORE THATN ANY OF THEM, THEY HATED HIM AND COULD NOT SPEAK A KIND WORD TO HIM(genesis 37:4)

JEALOUSY IS A CANCER OF THE SOUL. BEWARE BEING OVERTAKEN BY FEELINGS OF ENVY.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY: WITH GOD'S HELP, YOU CAN OVERCOME JEALOUSY BEFORE IT OVERCOMES YOU.