The Inner Examination You Need So You Can Embrace Your Journey

Hi,

How have you been? I know it’s been a long while since you heard from me, I have always wanted to write and share a story with you. This story is actually where I found myself in the past few weeks and I haven’t been able to bring myself to write about it but every week, it keeps dropping into my heart to write and share. I hope you read and see through the story I am about to share.

In the early days when I went jogging with some of my friends, in one of my newsletters, I talked about how we started with a 4km run and then increased it gradually. On one of the days when we had a 9km run, I looked at one of my friends who was beside me while we were still running, he was soaked in his sweat. I looked at myself and I was barely sweating on my face meanwhile we were already closing in on 5km.

When we finished the run, he was dripping in his sweat with a soaked jersey but my Jersey was barely wet. If you had seen both of us after the run, you will think he went on a longer km than I did but we did go on the same km and we had a similar pace. It would be easy for anyone to give kudos to my friend because of the output that is seen - his soaked jersey. Anyone who sees me and hears me talk about the 9km run would think it wasn’t strenuous because I wasn’t soaked in my sweat and anyone can do it.

Many of us have grown and are growing into using people’s outputs as a base for our journey without considering the efforts that have been put in. This isn’t excluding myself and I am praying and asking for help to drop every form of comparison. Comparison like some other spirits (anger, envy, pride) is not always visible to us most times. Have you ever heard someone tell you; you are proud or you give this condescending look?

If you have ever gotten comments like that, do not discard them without asking God to reveal who you are to you and also reveal the contents of your heart. If you haven’t received comments like that, you still need to ask God to reveal the contents of your heart to you. He definitely will show you so be prepared to see yourself. When you do, don’t let it weigh you down, do ask Him to help you remove and deal with those spirits.

Comparison is a killer of joy, whatever you are seeing is output. Have you wondered what their input might have been? You might not have to get your jersey soaked to complete a 9km run. Don’t leave your process while you study other people’s own because processes differ. We are all in a different race of life. I hope you look inward after reading this and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the content of your heart to you and also ask Him to open your eyes to see where you have been using people’s output as a yardstick for your life and journey.

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