John Carver Show - The Next Lane

On this show I am sharing a sermon I gave on June 21, 201t called "The Next Lane."  Here is some of what I said...

There have been times, when I sat down on the bike at the gym, to glance over and see the guy next to me up to five, six or seven miles.  For a second, I think I can’t catch up until I remember he started peddling about 15 min before I sat down.

A company chartered a ship for its top sales people. When they arrived at the dock, they swarmed aboard and headed for their cabins. A minute later one salesman was on deck demanding to see the Captain. One of the officers asked if he could help. "My friend has a much better cabin!" the salesman said. "I did as good a job as he did and I want a cabin just like his."

"Sir," the officer replied, "The cabins are identical."

"Yeah," said the man, "but his cabin looks out on the ocean and my cabin looks out on this old dock."

The man had become so absorbed with playing the comparison game that he became blind to the obvious-the ship would soon be on the ocean and all the views would be the same.

Have you ever noticed that we are perfectly content with what we have-until we compare what we have with what someone else has?

2 Corinthians 10:12 Living Bible (TLB) - 12 Oh, don’t worry, I wouldn’t dare say that I am as wonderful as these other men who tell you how good they are! Their trouble is that they are only comparing themselves with each other and measuring themselves against their own little ideas. What stupidity!

We, often, forget that the guy or gal in the next lane has their own story and we don’t know the details.

I am the Pastor of

Faith Outreach Chapel

1713 Rittenhouse Ave 

Baltimore MD 21227

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