'Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul' (1 Peter 2:11).
Your friend fails, you feel bad. Your friend succeed you feel worse. Your friend buys a car, you start asking God why it wasn't you that bought the car. Your friend builds a house, instead of congratulating him, you tell him that your house will be bigger and better than his. You and your friend got employed the same day and in the same company. After three years, your friend was transferred to another branch of the company abroad to work as regional manager while you will be regional manager at home, you starts complaining why your friend was chosen over you. Your friend drives around campus in his new car his father bought for him. Whenever you are in the car with him, you will be thinking in your mind why God didn't give you parents the are wealthy.
The heart of man is full of deceit, lies, hatred and evil. We spend much time brooding over someone else 's success instead of spending those times figuring out how we can create better life for ourselves.
"Be steadfast and hold strong. Think and act differently".