Jealousy is a tool that satan uses to destroy not only the bearer, but can also cause damage to the person jealous or envied. Jealousy is a work of the flesh injected by Satan, and begins as a small defenseless thorn in the heart, is passed by a feeling helpless and fleeting, making his victim believe that at any time the thorn will come out. But as time passes, the jealousy is nested, throwing deep roots in the heart, causing an evil attitude.
What does God say about jealousy?
In James 3: 14-16 But if you have bitter jealousy and contention in your heart, do not boast or lie against the truth; because this wisdom is not that which descends from above, but earthly, animal, diabolic. Because where there is jealousy and contention, there is disturbance and every perverse work.
-Bitter jealousy: This combination defines an attitude of envy and resentment towards others.
-Contention in your heart: It refers to a person who seeks the selfish good at any cost, ambition, which generates antagonisms and divisions.
Jealousy is the product of an unsanctified heart, and a heart in this condition is easily attracted and seduced by the snares of satan.
What consequences can jealousy cause?
By jealousy Cain killed his brother Abel, out of jealousy King Saul tried to kill David, out of envy and ambition that protective cherub named Lucero was expelled from heaven and thrown to earth, who is today satan.
Because of jealousy and contention there are destroyed marriages, dysfunctional families, family divisions, divisions and rebellions in churches, murders, people tied to live in bitterness always wishing the evil of others.
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
We are human beings who live in a body of flesh, for this reason we must strive to please God and obey his Word, he who obeys his Word is blessed in everything and the enemy does not touch it. It is better to be clay in the hands of the potter, it is better to give our heart to God so that He molds it, and with the help of the Holy Spirit not to fall into the temptations of the flesh and not to be dragged by bad feelings. God is the only one who can get that kindness from us.