The Seed of Envy

As we prepare to embrace this Kingdom Move of God, we want to recognize that it will be marked by a Supernatural display of the Miraculous. For those who have been baptized in the Power that God is going to release for the Manifestation of His Kingdom in the earth realm, miracles, signs and wonders will practically be the norm. This will be a novelty for the majority of the mainstream American church, because most mainstream churches, including your mega-churches, don't have a foundation of faith to receive the Manifestation of the Miraculous as the norm for the believer in Christ. But this is about to change. And when it does, what we have to watch out for is The Seed of Envy.

There's something about the human spirit that longs to be reinforced externally for its significance and worth in certain areas of achievement and accomplishment. Not that this is a bad thing, but a lot of times the problem lies in the fact that we want this reinforcement in comparison to somebody else. This is where The Seed of Envy gets planted. God Himself will vindicate and validate you as it relates to His Divine Hand upon you. And The Lord is Faithful to reward those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 1). But when we look for validation from human means, then we get caught in a trap that begins to make us measure ourselves and our worth, not strictly based upon God's Will and Standard for our lives, but in comparison with those who are around us or with those who we share a similar calling or gift. This is a Satanic Trap, that is systematically designed to undermine our witness and erode the Kingdom Work for which The Father has assigned us to fulfill. We cannot allow the Devil to deceive us this way. We cannot embrace The Seed of Envy.

John the Baptist was challenged with this in the 3rd chapter of the Gospel of Saint John. The Pharisees came to him and asked him about his baptism versus the Baptism that Jesus was now conducting with His disciples. This was a trap, a Satanic trap. And don't miss that it was "church folks" that instigated this discussion. Stay away from comparing yourself with others! I cannot stress that enough. Once you start to engage in the comparison game, you're giving the spirit of envy an entry way into your heart. The Satanic design was to get John the Baptist to start comparing himself with Jesus, become jealous because people were now going to "His Baptism" instead of John's; and thus create a riff between The Master and John the Baptist.

But look how John the Baptist masterfully avoided this trap and in turn gave God the Glory. He said to the Pharisees in essence, it's not about me. He told them (and I paraphrase), "I told you all before, I am not the Christ". He clarified publicly what had already been established internally, it's not about me. I am not the Christ, Jesus Is. Therefore, everybody should be going to Him. Saints, don't waste your time mulling over people wanting to hear somebody else preach or somebody else teach as opposed to you. You know why? Because it's not about you! And don't let people pull you into that competition thing. Then John the Baptist gave the secret to avoiding the Trap of Envy and avoiding its seed, "He must increase, but I must decrease". Saints, the key to avoiding The Seed of Envy is continuing to decrease. The more you decrease, the less you care about getting the credit. The more you decrease, the less you care about people "appreciating you". The more you decrease, the less you care about recognition for your accomplishments and contributions. The more you decrease you won't care about any of these things. Because The Christ will have increased in you, and it will be all about Jesus and all about The Father. And once you're insistent on them increasing and you decreasing, your heart will no longer be susceptible to The Seed of Envy.