"FOR TO THIS YOU WERE CALLED, BECAUSE CHRIST ALSO SUFFERED FOR US, LEAVING US AN EXAMPLE, THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW HIS STEPS. 1 PETER." 1PETER 2:21
In life, if you want to be a winner you must compete against yourself and not against someone else, because outrunning your rivals does not mean you ran your best race and this is what most people fail to understand. You can win over another and still not fulfill your destiny. A loser can be a winner, if he can conquer himself and a winner is a loser, however many are his victories, if he loses in the battle with himself. Victory over others may in fact be the very thing that contributes to the winners failure to conquer self.
We know some believers today who stop maturing spiritually because they think they know more scriptures than others or have more success in ministry an they are still far from being what Christ had planned for them. If you must compare yourself with another, compare yourself with Christ. In the Bible (1 Peter 2:21) Christ is our perfect example; we should follow His steps and measure ourselves by His standard.
