1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, a podcast 3 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,439 Speaker 2: dedicated to helping you find the words you need to 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: connect with your Father in Heaven. 5 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:22,799 Speaker 1: No matter what is going. 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 2: On in your life today, you can trust that God 7 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 2: wants to hear from you. Right after this short word 8 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 2: from our sponsor, you will pray you today's prayer to 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: release comparison and. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: Follow your God given call. 11 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: Together a prayer to release comparison and follow your God 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 2: given call written and read. 13 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: By Care for Her. 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: When Peter saw him, he asked, Lord, what about him? 15 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: Jesus answered, if I want him to remain alive until 16 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 2: I return, what is that to you? You must follow me, 17 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: John twenty one, Verse twenty one and twenty two. Comparison 18 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: seems to camp out in my subconscious, sometimes holding me 19 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: back from what God is calling me, toward silent words 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: that whisper You won't do it as well as she does, 21 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 2: so you may as well not at all. Someone else 22 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: will surely do a better job, so you should stay 23 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: out of it. Your words aren't as impactful, so you 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 2: ought to just keep them to yourself. Your voice isn't 25 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: as vibrant as hers, so why join the worship team 26 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: at all. 27 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: Your house isn't as fitting. 28 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 2: As theirs, so let someone else host. You could try, 29 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: You could do it, You could put yourself out there, 30 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: but it's likely not worth it. What she has, what 31 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: he's doing, what they are capable of, can't compare to 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: what you seem to have. This is the script that 33 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,839 Speaker 2: scrolls in the rear of my mind. Have you ever 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: found your thoughts caught in comparison? Think about it. Maybe 35 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: you haven't spoken any of those words out loud, but 36 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: your heart felt some of that. Maybe you're in the 37 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 2: mix of family members who seem to have it more 38 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: together than you, or friends who honestly just feel like 39 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 2: better friend material than you, or maybe, like half the 40 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: rest of the world, you find yourself on social media 41 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 2: all too often noticing how everybody else has more, is 42 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 2: excelling faster, or is just doing what you wish you were. 43 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 2: Their kids are dressed nicer, their grown children are actually 44 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 2: making something of themselves. Their spouses seem perfect, along with 45 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: their homes, their cars, their vacations. So much seems more 46 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: amazing than what you can see in your surroundings, and 47 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: it can all make you feel a little less than 48 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 2: it makes you wonder what you really have to offer, 49 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 2: whether God has a specific purpose for you, and whether 50 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 2: you have what it takes to fulfill it. 51 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: But here's what I'm beginning to wonder. 52 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: Why are we constantly considering and consume with what everyone 53 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: else is doing. Why can't we just believe once and 54 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: for all that God truly did make us perfectly in 55 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: his image Because he did. Why can't we just believe 56 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: the truth that He created our character, our circumstances, and 57 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: our surroundings because He has authority over it all. And 58 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 2: why can't we trust that He created each of us 59 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: as a very unique individual with very specific plans, missions, 60 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 2: and callings that only the precise person we are can 61 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: fill because He certainly did. I think sometimes we look 62 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: for the grand gestures and extreme examples. We look for 63 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 2: the big moves and moments and seemingly sizable impact. We 64 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 2: underestimate the simple ways we touch someone's life. We underestimate 65 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: how God can use our simple and intentional giftings. We 66 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 2: underestimate God. We think, just because we don't have what 67 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 2: she does, or we aren't doing things as largely as 68 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 2: he is, that our lives aren't making much of a difference. 69 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 2: If even a small difference at all. But we are 70 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: putting God in a box when we think that a 71 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 2: rather small box, and God is far from small. God 72 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 2: really did create a grand masterpiece when he created you, 73 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: each of us with such intricate details, a hand tailored heart, 74 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 2: a perfectly crafted voice, and to one of the kind imagination. 75 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: The truth is your own unique set of treats, gifts, 76 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: and characteristics might be the only set of qualities that 77 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: can open and that one special person's heart to Jesus 78 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: and be just the light one particular person needs, maybe 79 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 2: no one else could reach. And that one person matters 80 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: just as much as the whole of the ninety nine others, 81 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: that the person you are comparing yourself to might reach 82 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: your help. Truly, let us learn not to look to 83 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: the right or to the left, comparing what we think 84 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 2: others have, what God has given and how He has 85 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: gifted them with the very intentional and purposeful way he. 86 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 1: Has gifted each of us. 87 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 2: He knew exactly what he was doing when he gave 88 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: you everything he did. He knew every call, and you've 89 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 2: a place on your life before you even came to be. 90 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,239 Speaker 2: He has called you first and foremost. 91 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: To follow him and him alone, and he has called 92 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: you and you alone not to look at the call 93 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: of others, but to live out your very own unique 94 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: call with your verar on whole and purposefully crafted heart. 95 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 2: Let's pray, Lord God, I praise you that you created 96 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 2: me on purpose, with very special and specific purposes. And 97 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 2: you created me intentionally unique from every other one of 98 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: your children, with my very own intricate and individual qualities 99 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 2: and characteristics. And you sent me into intentional surroundings to 100 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: fulfill every single one of your purposes solely for me. Lord, 101 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 2: help me not to look to what others have and 102 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: what others are doing, knowing that you have a specific 103 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 2: plan for them as well. You love each of your children, 104 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,160 Speaker 2: and you have wonderful, unparalleled plans for each of us. 105 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 2: This means you have wonderful plans for me and only me, 106 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 2: and I praise you for how perfectly you made me 107 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 2: in your all powerful name. 108 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 1: I pray Amen. 109 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 2: If you liked what you heard today, I think you 110 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: will love my latest book, When over Worry, Conquer what 111 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 2: shakes you, and Soar with the One who overcomes You 112 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: can find it on Amazon or your favorite online retail site. 113 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: I hope it. 114 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 3: Blesses you Your. 115 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 2: Daily Prayer is a production of Life Audio and Sale Media. 116 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 2: If you haven't already, be sure to follow the show 117 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: in your favorite podcast app so you never missed an episode. 118 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: For more faith filled, inspirational podcasts, visit us at lifeaudio 119 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 2: dot com.