today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

You envy those people who have the thing that you most worship.

If you love popularity and prestige, then you will be envious of those who have more friends

and influence than you. If you love thinking of yourself as the perfect mom and

homemaker, then you're going to envy other mothers who seem to be doing it better than you.

Follow the smoke trail of your envies down to the fires that you have built at your altars of worship

because that's where the real problem is.

Welcome to Summit Life, the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor J.D. Greer.

I'm Molly Vitovich,

and we're thankful to be jumping into God's word with you today. Sociologists say that envy seems

to be a bigger problem for today's generation than any before us. And I think we know why.

Social media seems designed to play on it, to feed it, leaving us all discouraged and wanting

what others are daily showing off to the world. But it's important to remember that when we look

at other people's lives on social media, we're seeing a filtered image. So let's join Pastor

J.D. right now and get a clear picture of this difficult emotion of NP and what to do about it. Here's Pastor J.D. right now and get a clear picture of this difficult emotion of envy and what to do

about it. Here's Pastor J.D. Envy, at least a version of it, was a key element at work in the

Garden of Eden. God had told Adam and Eve that they could eat of literally every tree in the garden

except one. And they thought, well,

I bet that's the best one. I bet that's where the best fruit is. I bet he's holding out on us.

Tim Keller summarizes it this way. He says, envy will make you think something is wrong even in

paradise. And that dries up your soul, taking away even your appetite to enjoy things. I was one time talking

with somebody who had some issues with throat and mouth cancer and they said, you know, one of the

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