Irrational Jealousy Genesis 37:12-36 “Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.” Drake Traits of Irrationally Jealous People -Irrationally jealous people feel good about themselves if they feel better off than you. -Irrationally jealous people overtly and covertly compete at all costs to one up others. -Irrationally jealous people make poor cheerleaders, but great critics. -Irrationally jealous people struggle to be content in their own skin, suffocating from a life of comparison. -Irrationally jealous people feel inadequate when others are praised and to feel better about themselves, they’ll often resort to putdowns. -Irrationally jealous people rarely know who they are because they spend so much time seeking to be like the people, they’re jealous of. This causes them to have the scent of inauthenticity. MAP
 Today’s Takeaway’s: · Following God doesn’t equate to an absence of trials, in fact it may heighten them. · Revenge may momentarily relieve you, but in the end, it destroys everyone involved. · Ironically, jealousy often seeks to get rid of the very thing it needs. · Deception paints a false reality for people to believe as true. · People who obediently walk with God are indestructible until God’s work is complete in them. · If you struggle with jealousy don’t deceive yourself, rather admit it, recognize the destructive thoughts and actions associated with it, embrace who God made you to be, get real with him, and start celebrating God’s work in the life of others.