250213 Competition

 Competition 

To be the best might be one's mission
Seems much in life is competition 
We even label it "rat race"
And strive to be one in first place

Why, even talk's a competition 
When others speak, we halfway listen
Instead, wait till they take a breath 
So we can do the talking next

For, when we hear their story's done
We'll want to tell our better one 
Diminishing the words they say
To build ourselves up in some way

It's not enough to be best self
But better than everyone else
Not just climb ladder of success
But get there faster than the rest

To have God's love, Satan will lie
Just best and brightest need apply
If any way you've fallen short
Well, God can't love that type or sort

On surface, competition's good
Yet, could that be Satan's falsehood
Jealousy caused competition with the Lord
His downfall became his reward

At heart of sibling rivalry 
Do parents love you more than me?
Can happen to all Cains and Abels
Competition tries to turn the tables

At very core of being best
Everyone else is somehow less
That is the world's economy
God never intended it to be

If we're to live life as we should
Do all through love and common good
I'll build you up, and you'll build me
So all achieve collectively

Though strive to be best we can be
Not with conceit or jealousy 
Through Jesus,  God's love is complete
Not thing of which we must compete

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