ENEMY OF PROGRESS II - ENVY
“For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him – Genesis 26:14.” Previously, we considered pride as an enemy of progress. Today, we shall continue the list of the enemies but with another one – Envy. This enemy is a dangerous one. It is such a subtle weapon. Many people who are not pride happen to be envious. While the former is about high self-esteem, this is about low self-esteem. Pride often comes when people see that they have something which others don’t have but envy is when others have what you do not have. So, from the account written in the above scripture, it is discovered that a whole nation couldn’t progress because of this enemy. Why was it so? They envied a man – just a man. So, envy can be in an individual as well as a nation. The problem was not because the Lord blessed Isaac, the challenge was the envy in the heart of the people of Philistine. Envy stagnated them. Envy retarded them. Envy...