Being Free from Trying to Be Better than Others

Climbing the social ladder… or, climbing the corporate ladder... just trying to get ahead in life, … inevitably that means getting ahead by pushing someone behind. The writer of this morning’s text looks around at how people live, likely also looks back at his own life, and asks: “Is there a better way? A way where I am not left behind but where I don’t have to climb over others to get ahead?” Yes, there is another way. Let’s consider the good news in Proverbs chapter 30.