Welcome to this Victorious Daily Devotion" in the most amazing and loving name of Jesus Christ! πββοΈπππTopic: Not Our Ability / Talents But Character Is More Important. Jealousy And Envy Are Much More Dangerous Than Cancer..Mt. 5:16. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify your father in heaven. The light of Christ and His divine traits must be reflected in our life. That's the purest form of biblical character.Our Abilities might take us to top but we can slide down if we are slack, but our character keeps us always on top in the sight of everyone. Character is the highest virtue. A character is a special moral quality regarded as good, meritorious and excellent in virtue as per the dictionary... It's the sum total of a person's values, beliefs and personality. It needs to be preserved more than a precious diamond or a pearl. Wealth can be lost, but if character is lost, we loose everything. Honesty, godliness, contentment, endurance - during hardships, failures, insults, humiliation and criticism is the purest of character. Saul was very happy with David when he defeated Goliath and whenever he came and played music and worshipped before him. He was refreshed. But the day when king Saul heard women saying, "Saul killed 1000s and David killed 10000s he literally lost his peace and became peaceless and restless. He became jealous and envious about David's rise. His envious wandering eyes destroyed him completely and even from kingship and God allowed the other hunted person to occupy his throne. In my opinion more dreaded than cancer which destroys not only our peace, but makes us restless, peaceless and anxious about the rise of our own christian fraternity and even in the society, church, amongst relatives, peer group and friends.There are few in this world with their wicked wandering eyes look with wicked thought when someone does good and sweet work. and being appreciated by someone, their eyes wander with envy and restlessness. It is unfortunately and ironically much more prevalent in Christian circles who professed to be believers. I learned something from a great man of God who quoted saying, "There are more Christians who have much and more Word of God in their head but zero in their heart." Its indeed truly said. It gives me a warning to check myself often and you need to do the same, if we want peace, true success and be fruitful in what we do in His sight. There are some who gossip and make efforts and waste precious time to plot evil and plan to accuse falsely, seeing the rise of others to fame, success and popularity. There are several examples in the Bible we can study. The very leaders, Pharisees and Saducees, the priests were filled with jealousy and envy when multitudes appreciated Jesus miracles and teachings and believed in Him. They plotted plotted plotted several times to kill him seeing the rise of Jesus as the "king of kings.".... Gratitude makes you more resistant to stress and increases your happiness and satisfaction. Gratitude shows truly how humble you are, and more or less our Spiritual walk with Christ.If you are blessed by these devotions, you may daily click the like button "π". And Please forward to your friends and other groups. God loves a grateful child of God. God bless you! Benedict James