Poison Envy

The wickedness of envy hides itself in so many forms, just like the poison ivy leaf it blends in to its surrounding waiting for you to come into contact with it. Often times when you do come in contact with the poison ivy leaf it causes discomfort and spreads to other parts of your body until treated. What a picture of envy! Envy most of the time disguises itself so that you don't even see it until discomfort comes into your life. So what is envy?

Dictionary.com defines envy as "a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regards to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc."

I have seen envy rip apart marriages, relationship and families. It is important that you guard yourselves against this poison before it spreads to the rest of your life. Once envy creeps into your life it spreads like cancer, the effects are just as deadly spiritually. The reaction you have with envy is often slander and gossip towards those you are envious about. You seek to see them fail anyway you can so that you can get joy over watching them suffer. But this is not how it starts, it always starts by looking at someone else and then looking at yourself. Comparing your life with someones else, your kids to someone else, your spouse to someone else and then wondering why they have it so good and you have it so bad.

So whats the cure? We have to be satisfied where we are with what we have. Make the best of the things God has blessed you with. Be a blessing to someone instead of a curse, deal with those things that cause you to be envious and pray for those who are being spiritually consumed by envy and don't even see it.


Your envy is clear to those around you just like the kid at school painted pink with "calamine lotion" be warned, envy kills!