BEST OVER ALL

There is something to be said for being good in a general sense. You might not excel at everything but can do all things reasonably well.

Now the problem as a person is that you just might not enjoy the lack of limelight. The times you must serve in silence.

To be a member of a team and not the captain can be hard to endure at times. You may not be all that thrilled with just helping.

And it can be harder if the person you see as in charge falls short of what you think is a good leader. So you question their right to lead.

In daily life this is an issue that comes up lots of times. The rewards for faithfulness are never the same as the rewards for being in charge.

We do not honor privates the way we do generals. The person standing at the front is always seen first.

I think in most situations this is a reality we just tolerate. Egos get in the way, favoritism and politics ensue.

And to that degree I myself often have been less than thrilled with the way life doles out success. But one doesn’t give up in the process.

In the spiritual realm things should be different. We should be able to focus on the Lord’s will.

However pride does interfere. And churches sadly can be another portrait of the same nature in how people are treated as the rest of life.

Which is not the way the Lord desires life to be. And it might be why there are so many times when His choices for anointing are different than our expectations.

Let the person we think is other that qualified or deserving be empowered by the Holy
Spirit and it will not bring a celebration. This is the nature of human behavior.

And I think that we all need that reality check at times. To accept the mantle He bestows with praise.

Let it be the garment we wear and accept for the right reasons. For it will dress us as He intends.

The greatest victory for the spirit is to win the war over self. To love and give without a care for glory.

Just being happy for how life unfolds in His ways.