1154) Some of us only measure ourselves as valuable based on our victories over the competition. These victories may be as simple as over a checkers game. The idea is, I can only be good and important if I am number one in any or all areas of life.

There are multiple reasons this is a bad way to evaluate your life and one that you might not have considered is, when you are measuring your value by winning, then there is, by nature of the test, always a loser.

Is this how you want others you “challenge” to feel about themselves and their relationship with you?

God has a very different idea of what makes someone valuable or successful. The fastest or strongest isn’t always the best. What is? “Fearing God and keeping his commandments.”

Don’t know what to do to be successful? Reread today’s verses. Ecclesiastes 9:11; 12:13