Because their armor was not made for you. The moment you try to walk in what God gave someone else, you stop being able to move in what He gave you. Comparison does not just steal your joy. It stalls your purpose. It is so easy to do. You see someone else operating in their gift and it looks so polished, so effortless, so impactful. And then you look at what you are carrying and it feels small by comparison. Maybe they have a bigger platform. Maybe their gift is more visible.

He can. And He tends to do His best work through the people who look the least likely from the outside. That is not an accident. That is a pattern. And it runs all through Scripture and all through history. Maybe you have been sitting on the sidelines for a while. Watching other people get used, get seen, get chosen. And somewhere in the back of your mind, a quiet thought has settled in that sounds something like this. Maybe it is not my turn. Maybe I am too behind. Maybe I a