Daily Devotional
Are You Caught in The Comparison Game?

January 18, 2024

Ponder This

Sometimes we think that because of our environment or pedigree, we’re excused or better. I preached one time at a church and a lady could hardly wait to get to see me because my last name is Rogers. She said, “You, sir, are a Rogers.” And she said, “I am a Rogers. My father was a Rogers, and my maiden name was Rogers.” Then she just smiled and threw her shoulders back and she said, “You know, I have studied our family background, and you will be pleased to know that we came over on the Mayflower.” I said, “Well that’s interesting.” I said, “I traced it back further than that.” She said, “You did?” I said, “Yes, we have come all the way from a crooked farmer and a drunken sailor. The farmer was Adam, and the sailor was Noah, and we go all the way back.” We are sinners by birth, by nature, by heritage. It doesn’t matter about our race or our background.

The people in the Book of Romans were wanting to stretch themselves out in the gutter alongside somebody else and say, “I’m better than he or she is.” But you see, that’s not the standard. The standard is the glory of God, and that’s the reason Paul would say later in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” We need to quit comparing ourselves to one another.

• Why do we often struggle with comparison?
• To whom do you compare yourself? In what areas do you tend to compare yourself with others?

Practice This

Write down some areas of comparison you struggle with and bring them before God in prayer.