Envy – feeling pain at someone else’s advancement and possessions

Where does envy hit you in the workplace?

• Someone else gets a promotion you were after (or perhaps even a position you did not even apply for!)
• A colleague is applauded for work on a project and your contribution was not noticed or recognised
• You feel that you have been treated unfairly compared to how another person in your workplace has been looked after
• A workmate gets allocated a better office, desk, stapler, bonus, stapler …

I think I have been guilty of all of those and could easily add a few more. ?The Apostle James makes this observation:?‘For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there your find disorder and every evil practice.’ (3:16, NIV)

Envy is worse than anger according to Proverbs: ‘We’re blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy.’ (27:4, The Message). [Read more…] about Taking Your Soul to Work ? Envy: the pain of another’s advancement (Chapter 7)