{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fskycrest-community-church.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ftwl-ecclesiastes-s6e8-cvcTmGd7","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"TWL - Ecclesiastes S6E8","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/419fcac3-b17d-4c49-92ef-06c18811ab6c/3096b2aa-e03f-464f-8496-27c55a5f8d60/twl-20podcast-20master-203000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Welcome back to Truth Worth Living, where we dig into God’s Word to live in God’s will.\n\nHarvard professor Thomas J. DeLong studied hundreds of top professionals—doctors, lawyers, executives—and found that over 80% constantly compare themselves to others. He called it the “Comparison Obsession.”\nEven the most successful felt like failures because someone else seemed “more successful.”\n\nBut this isn’t new. Scripture nailed it long ago:\n\n“And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless—a chasing after the wind.”\n— Ecclesiastes 4:4\n\nWhen our drive comes from envy, we lose peace, purpose, and people.\nThe “comparing reflex” isolates us—just like the man in Ecclesiastes 4:7–8 who worked endlessly, gained wealth, but had no one to share it with.\n\nGod didn’t design us for competition; He designed us for community.\n\n“Two are better than one… A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”\n— Ecclesiastes 4:9–12\n\nComparison kills joy. Community builds it.\nLet’s stop chasing someone else’s race and start living God’s purpose for ours.\n\n💡 Truth Worth Living:\nCommunity is worth working for—envy isn’t.\n\n✝️ Like, share, and help spread the Word!\n#TruthWorthLiving #FaithOverComparison #Ecclesiastes #BibleWisdom #ChristianLiving"}