Satan is an abuser he loves to devalue and destroy human beings. If he can keep those who love God in a state of frustration and fear he can reduce their effectiveness for Christ. This is why we must trust Christ, see His truth and move forward, giving the narcissist no foot hold in our lives by listening to them.
When we base our worth or effectiveness on what others might think of us we will not be able to carry out God's plan for us as His children.
The abuser only thinks they know you, they have an idea of us that is only a concoction in their own mind, its not you at all. They choose to believe what they want to believe about you, not what is real. This is Satan's ploy to keep God's children fearful of rejection.
Envious people are very unhappy people bent on destroying those whom they envy. Satan is an envious being, angry that he could not be like God and even attempting to overthrow God. This shows us just how foolish he was. He was with God and should have known better, that God was far more infinitely powerful than he is.
This is the case with narcissists too, they have such a high view of their own importance that they cannot see how beggarly they are in reality. They believe they are superior to others therefore excusing themselves for their rudeness toward their targets.
Satan believed he was superior to the God Who made him. He was so infected with jealousy that he indoctrinated himself by his own thoughts that he could achieve the highest power.
Satan goes to the throne of grace every day accusing the brethren.
Revelation 12:10 "10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses them day and night before our God. "
Competitiveness is a demonstration of a need to be superior to others. There is no problem for one compete with themselves to improve at something. The problem comes when we feel a need to defeat others to be superior to them.
I see this in athletes all the time, they have a need to be better, faster and bigger than those around them. When they use physical prowess as a means of evaluating themselves they are missing the more important aspect of our being and that is the spiritual.
There is an aspect of sports that promotes team cooperation, this is good, to see the team as the purpose for doing well. Being an asset to the group to accomplish the goal is "others" focused. When a team thinks in terms of supporting one another to accomplish a goal, then there is true sportsmanship. Yes, the goal is to win but winning should never demean or destroy others to meet that goal.
In family dynamics we will often see a spirit of competitiveness to be superior. When this happens we as believers must resist the temptation to play the game. We must remain true to God's principles no matter how anyone else is acting.
Proverbs 6:12-16
"A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:"
We must train our minds to think like Christ while ignoring personal attacks, unless they are executed by believers who need a rebuke to get back to godliness.
Proverbs 28:1-28
"The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely. ..."
Praise the Lord, we can live in this world without becoming like it.
Psalm 37:1
"Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers!"
Hebrews 13:6
"So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
Hallelujah!!!!
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