Feel like everyone else is “winning at life” while you’re falling behind? In this episode, learn how to step off the comparison treadmill and live the unique assignment God has given you.
Have you ever walked into church, scrolled your feed, or sat in a room full of people and felt like everyone else was doing life better than you?
Their kids seem more put together.
Their homes look more beautiful.
Their marriages look more connected.
Their lives look more successful.
And even if you love Jesus and you’re serving Him, inside you find yourself thinking, “I’m not enough. My family isn’t enough. I’m always behind.”
In this episode, Bart shares the story of a pastor’s wife and mom who quietly lived in that exact spiral. Sunday after Sunday, she’d look around and feel like everyone else was winning at life. Later, the scroll would make it worse, every smiling photo, every “perfect” moment, every update made her own life feel a little smaller. She wasn’t bitter, but she was stuck in comparison, constantly measuring herself against other women, other families, other ministries.
Through her story and the truth of Galatians 6:4, you’ll see that God never asked you to live someone else’s life. He hasn’t called you to chase someone else’s calling, copy someone else’s family, or match someone else’s results. Instead, He invites you to “pay careful attention to your own work,” to find joy and satisfaction in being faithful to the specific assignment He’s given you.
Galatians 6:4 (NLT) says:
“Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.”
Bart unpacks how Sandra Stanley eventually recognized how much peace she was losing every time she measured her life against someone else’s highlight reel. That realization led her to create a Bible study called The Comparison Trap, centered on the freedom that comes when you stop looking sideways and start looking at the unique work God has placed in your hands. She learned to celebrate other women’s wins without turning them into a verdict on her own worth, and to find satisfaction not in outperforming others, but in doing what God actually asked her to do.
You’ll be invited to make that same shift—from “How do I stack up?” to “What has God asked me to do today?” That’s where comparison starts to lose its grip, and peace slowly begins to return.
Main Scripture:
Galatians 6:4 (NLT) –
“Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.”
By the end of this episode, you’ll be reminded:
- That comparison quietly steals your joy, your peace, and your gratitude.
- That your value isn’t measured by how you stack up, but by Whose you are.
- That God’s assignment for you is specific, personal, and good—even if it looks smaller or quieter than someone else’s.
- That real satisfaction comes from being faithful, not from being first.
Today’s Challenge:
Notice one moment today when comparison tries to creep in, maybe when you walk into a room, see someone else’s success, or open social media.
When you feel that familiar sting of “I’m behind” or “I’m not enough,” pause and pray:
“Lord, help me pay careful attention to my own work. What have You asked me to do today?”
Then, name one concrete assignment from God in this season, a person to love, a responsibility to carry, a step of obedience to take, and let that be your focus instead of how you measure up to anyone else.
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