It’s easier to draw close with people that we are not in competition with. If there is someone you know that has “better” qualities, looks,etc let them walk in it. The problem is many of us push away people that intimidate us of because of something we lack. If it’s not dealt with, jealousy & competition arises, and your business will be displayed before everyone because that “thing” was not dealt with at the root.  I can say this because I have been there.  I use to be intimidated and jealous by other people when they possessed other things that I didn’t have (looks, money, spiritual gifts, popularity, etc.).  I woke up one day and realized how the devil had been lying to me.  I discovered who I was in Jesus Christ.  I saw myself the way that Jesus saw me: BEAUTIFUL, GIFTED, ANOINTED, PASSIONATE, CARING, STRONG, COURAGEOUS…just to name a few.

I can say that I am free from that spirit because I know who I am in Jesus Christ.  And where the spirit of the Lord is…there is liberty!