Do you remember seeing someone who is unlike the others; one who is so experienced in one area of life; one who we tend to become jealous of because of their great talent or ability; one who is so unlike the 6 billion other people in this world. We tend to be jealous of such people. We say in our hearts, “only if I were like that person; only if I had such an ability.” These people are typically celebrities in this world and people flock to them, they put their name and faces on their t shirts, everyone is so joyful and happy to see the person or for them to talk to them. People typically worship these people because of their great talent or ability.
Instead, look at these people and praise God for showing us apart of Himself that was given to a human. All good things come from God and all supernatural abilities come from God. It is a true statement: we can only give what we have. God has all glory and power and majesty and wisdom and He chooses to give it to those He sees fit. God has created everyone and has given exceptional wisdom to those He chooses. Does someone have wisdom? Praise God for showing us His wisdom through a man! Does someone have musical talent? Praise God that God who created music has expressed Himself through a human who is here today and gone tomorrow! Does someone have great authority? Praise God that He has shown us a glimpse of His great power! In all circumstances, Praise God!
He even created the blacksmiths, who make weapons of destruction. He has created armies that destroy. He created satan who is the god of this world. He gives us our good times and our bad times. Who are we to ask, ‘Why is there such bad times and evil people in this world?’ Do we not trust our Creator? Do we not know that He is much more than we are?
“My thoughts,” says the LORD, “are not like yours,
and my ways are different from yours.
As high as the heavens are above the earth,
so high are my ways and thoughts above yours. (Isaiah 55)
“Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?
Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’“This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?
It is I who made the earth
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts. (Isaiah 45)
Also see God’s response to His servant Job in Job chapters 38 to 42.
Asking “Why” to God shows that you lack trust. Just as fear and worry shows that you lack faith.
Constantly test yourself in these two areas. Also jealousy shows that you lack knowledge of who has given these people their gifts. Remember all things come from God. He is the only God and there is no one like Him. There is no one whom you can compare Him to. He has no image except for His Son, Jesus, who is the visible image of the invisible God shown to mankind. There is no one greater or mightier than the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. No one has seen His face except for the Son. In Him all the invisible attributes of the Father have been made manifest. Praise the Father for His Son. Amen.