READ: Genesis 4:1-16
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalm 75:6-7
Abel was honoured by God. God received his offering and rejected Cain’s offering. Indeed, this offended Cain and turned him into an offended murderer. Do not allow someone else’s promotion to turn you into an offended murderer.
Why would you be offended because your brother goes higher in ministry? One day, a pastor visited us from outside the country. He confessed to something interesting at the end of his visit to our ministry. He said, “If I lived in Ghana, I think I would be jealous of you and hate you. I am glad I do not live in Ghana.” Indeed, this man of God realised that God’s promotion truly stirs up different sentiments in different people. Many times, your mere existence and success frightens, amazes and stirs up offence in the neighbour.
Please do not join the jealous and envious losers of this life. Envious people speak out of their humiliation, their shame and their failure. Do not join them! You will never become something that you attack. You will never amount to much if you hate other people’s greatness.
There is no doubt that people’s greatness is offensive. The truth is that God is the One who lifts up one and puts down another. “For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another” (Psalm 75:6-7).