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Daily Reading: <\/strong>1 Kings 5:1-6:38 ESV<\/a>, Acts 7:1-29 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 127:1-5 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 16:28-30 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse: <\/strong>\u201cAnd the patriarchs, jealous<\/em> of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him\u201d (Acts 7:9 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ZELOO (2206): <\/strong>\u201cHave warmth of feeling for or against; zealously affect, move with envy, envy, covet, desire, covet earnestly.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zealously affect.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desiring what someone else has causes problems.  Especially if you let the situation consume you.  Joseph\u2019s brothers, patriarchs of the Old Testament, allow their jealousy to control their actions.  At first, they wanted to kill Joseph but sold him into slavery.  God never left Joseph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.\u201d (Genesis 50:20 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jealousy makes us do evil things if we let it.  But God uses all things for the good of those who believe and trust in Him (Romans 8:28 ESV<\/a>).  What Joseph\u2019s brothers meant as evil, God used to save them.  Because Joseph went to Egypt, He became second in command under Pharoah.  When famine came, Joseph saved his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overcome jealousy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a person who struggles with jealousy, I\u2019ve found one way to combat it.  Celebrate their win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playing nine holes with a couple of ladies, I had the highest score, meaning I lost.  Their experience and ability far outweighed mine.  Throughout the two-hour round, jealousy reared its ugly head often.  Cheering their wins defeats the beast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jealousy impacts relationships, separating them as it did the brothers.\u00a0 I had jealousy issues over my college roommate’s beauty, husband, kids, and big house during my single years.\u00a0 As a result, we lost touch.\u00a0 When we reunited, I learned jealousy skewed my vision of her heartache-filled life.\u00a0 Less than six months after reconnecting, she passed away.\u00a0 I missed years of a relationship with her because my jealousy consumed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t let jealousy get you off track.  When you feel the ugly monster rear its head, put the emotion in its place. Celebrate the win for the other person.  You\u2019ll have your day sometime; let them have theirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (p. 109) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: 1 Kings 5:1-6:38 ESV, Acts 7:1-29 ESV, Psalm 127:1-5 ESV, Proverbs 16:28-30 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cAnd the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him\u201d (Acts 7:9 ESV) ZELOO (2206): \u201cHave warmth of feeling for or against; zealously affect, move with envy, envy, covet, desire, covet earnestly.\u201d[i] Zealously… Continue reading JEALOUS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5985"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5991,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}