Ever feel that life is not fair? You work hard at something, doing the right things by being honest and trustworthy and you give it the best effort you can, but ends up to not be good enough. Or worse, someone who cut corners and was not being honest in all their dealings, gets the job, the prize or the recognition.
That someone should not have received what you should have. That is unfair. How does that make you feel? You work your hardest and remain faithful to the Lord. But you figuratively get kicked in the face. You want to say to God, “It makes me angry as I have faithfully served you and sacrificially living my life, so You would be honored.”
Have you ever felt that way? We don’t want to be jealous or envious, but it hurts when someone gets what we worked so hard for. Pastors and ministry leaders have to deal with such feelings when someone leaves their church or group to go somewhere else when it seems more appealing or exciting over there.
Jesus was beginning His ministry to include baptizing when an argument began between some of John the Baptist’s disciples and certain Jews about Jesus’ ministry. “Hey, we hear that people are flocking to check out the new guy and He is drawing great numbers. You got this g ...
