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Inside the Seeds 🌳
📖 Bible
Meditation No. 1736
🔆 AATHAVAN
– Saturday, 08 November 2025
“But each one must examine
his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting, but to himself alone,
and not to another. For each one will bear his own load.” — Galatians 6:4–5
(NASB)
The tendency to compare
oneself with others is quite natural to human beings. In every aspect of life,
people have grown accustomed to measuring themselves against others. From
childhood, students strive to score higher marks than their classmates, to win
more prizes in sports and competitions, and to be seen as more successful.
As they grow older, this
habit of comparison takes a different form — it becomes a desire to have more
wealth, comfort, position, or power than one’s relatives or those around them.
When they find themselves lacking in something that others possess, their
hearts grow troubled.
However, the Apostle Paul
warns us that such comparison should not exist in our spiritual life.
Instead, he urges us to engage in self-examination — to see whether our
conduct truly reflects the kind of spiritual life that pleases God. That is why
he says,
“Each one must examine his
own work, and then he will have reason for boasting, but to himself alone, and
not to another.”
Yes, we must honestly
evaluate ourselves — to know how far we have advanced in our spiritual walk,
how deep our communion with God has grown, and how steadfast our faith life has
become. When we do this, we will not look to others for comparison, but will
instead find joy in recognizing our own spiritual progress before God.
Paul further adds the reason
for this instruction:
“For each one will bear his
own load.”
This means that we alone
must face the consequences of our own deeds — whether good or bad — and not
anyone else. Hence, it is essential that we look within ourselves rather than
measuring against others.
Even today, there are some
who pray for the souls of the departed, believing — contrary to Scripture —
that God will forgive their sins and grant them bliss in the afterlife through
such prayers. But the Apostle Paul clearly states,
“For the one who does wrong
will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without
partiality.” — Colossians 3:25 (NASB)
Moreover, the Book of Revelation declares,
“And I saw the dead, the
great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and
another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged
from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds.” — Revelation
20:12 (NASB)
Dear beloved, indeed each
one will bear his own load. Therefore, today’s meditation calls us to examine
our own work. Rather than comparing ourselves with others, we must evaluate
our actions before God — to see whether we stand right in His sight — and
correct ourselves wherever needed.
Let us pause to reflect upon
our lives and make them pleasing unto God.
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