Truly God is good to Israel, to those whose hearts are pure.

But as for me, I almost lost my footing. My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.

For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

They seem to live such painless lives; their bodies are so healthy and strong.

Psalms 73:1-4 NLT

David's songs ended at 72, and these are songs written by Asaph.

He seems interesting!

He felt like he'd lost his footing, slipped off the path in relation to God because he was comparing. 

He got stuck comparing his life to others. How would he have managed in modern Instagram world where comparison seems to be THE thing?

In all the comparing, in all the questioning about choices we could have made, things I could have done differently looking back, it's so easy to do what Asaph did - lose sight of who God is, lose sight of the Bigger Story we are in, and lose sight of what's really important.

At the end of John's gospel in Ch21 Peter is doing the same thing. 

Comparing. 

"What about him?"

And Jesus tells Peter not to worry about the comparing, but to simply follow Him.

The comparing won't keep us on track with following Jesus. 

Let's stop it.

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