Genesis 37:18 (NKJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNow when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be ever aware that there are those who envy you and wish you harm. Though they may be far off, they are planning your downfall and desire your failure \u2013 at all costs. The same people may be close to you, but their hearts are far from you. You may share the same \u201cfamily line, \u201d but they despise you deep within. Envy is a powerful tool and envy is a torrent that can sweep away both the envied and the envier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joseph\u2019s brothers did not have much time to conspire, but since the hatred was that intense, it wasn\u2019t hard to arrive at a conclusion to kill him. Within a short time, a decision was reached; but in reality, the desire for his death must have been lurking just beneath the surface of their hearts for awhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, Jealous heart. Why art thou so troubled? Have peace within before you are forced to do what you will later regret. Be still and leave to each man, the lot apportioned to him. Help my heart never envy Lord. Please. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Genesis 37:18 (NKJV) \u201cNow when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.\u201d Be ever aware that there are those who envy you and wish you harm. Though they may be far off, they are planning your downfall and desire your failure \u2013 at all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-genesis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Genesis.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5404,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402\/revisions\/5404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}