S04: 05 Blooming Out of Comparison
MIDWEEK RISE UP
Erika Kirk
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Comparison isn’t just a distraction—it’s a sin.
It’s a silent thief that creeps in unnoticed and leaves devastation in its wake—robbing you of joy, distorting your view of God, and chaining your purpose in insecurity.
In this episode, we confront the lie that you need to measure up, catch up, or keep up.
We’ll walk through Jeremiah 17:5–8 and Psalm 1:1–3 to reveal the beauty and strength of a woman who is planted, rooted, and fruitful—not because she hustles harder, but because she trusts deeper.
Here’s what we’re breaking down:
- Comparison in singleness
- Comparison in motherhood
- Comparison in marriage
- Comparison in ministry and calling
This isn’t self-help—it’s soul help.
And today, we’re choosing to rise up, root down, and walk boldly in the calling God has uniquely crafted for you.
Let’s bloom into joy, freedom, and holy confidence—together.
We hope that you enjoy this episode.
God bless you and Go Rise Up!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to Midweek Rise Up. It is Wednesday, the middle of your week, and I'm |
| 0:06.0 | hoping that this space, this podcast space, is a place where you can find encouragement and some |
| 0:11.5 | biblical boldness to get you through the rest of the week. But today, I'm not going to be |
| 0:16.3 | easing into this topic. I'm diving straight into a message that's been burning on my heart for a long time. |
| 0:21.8 | And if you've listened to this podcast before, you know that I've talked about this topic a lot. |
| 0:26.0 | Because comparison isn't just a struggle. It's a sin. It's a subtle, seductive, and one of the |
| 0:32.9 | enemy's most effective strategies to paralyze your purpose. because comparison creeps in quietly, but my |
| 0:39.4 | goodness does it rob loudly? It robs your joy, it steals your peace, it poisons your gratitude, |
| 0:45.7 | and worst of all, it makes you question the goodness of God in your life. So today, I hope that |
| 0:53.1 | you're encouraged and inspired to be able to just pull comparison right up from the roots out of your life. So today, I hope that you're encouraged and inspired to be able to just pull |
| 0:55.3 | comparison right up from the roots out of your life. And I'm taking you through Jeremiah |
| 0:59.6 | chapter 17 verses 5 through 8, as well as Psalm chapter 1 versus 1 through 3 to really just |
| 1:05.9 | paint a picture of a woman who is firmly planted and forever blessed. |
| 1:16.6 | A woman who blooms not by striving or scrolling on your phone, but by surrendering. |
| 1:21.8 | Because God doesn't call us to bear fruit in every moment, but in due season. |
| 1:27.3 | So maybe you're in a season of waiting or pruning or overflow, but whatever season you're in, it's not random. It's |
| 1:29.1 | refining you. And here's the truth. You cannot bloom while you're comparing. You cannot grow while |
| 1:35.0 | you're fixating on someone else's garden. And in this episode, we'll talk about comparison in |
| 1:39.6 | singleness, comparison in motherhood, comparison in marriage, comparison in ministry, and your calling. |
| 1:45.6 | And whether you're a student running your race, a mom wondering if you're enough, or a woman |
| 1:50.2 | feeling unseen in her current season, this message is for you because your race is yours. |
| 1:55.9 | Your calling is yours. And God is not comparing you to anyone else. He is forming you for his glory. So we'll |
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