It is so easy to look at what we have received in our earthly life, and gauge God’s good provision for us on those things alone. We tend to look at the transient, and temporary, things we have here, and now, and say either that our God is great, or that He is lacking in the blessings He gives to us. This is what we are preparing to do when we compare our present station in life with that of another’s. By doing this we aren’t sizing up our accomplishments, but determining if our God is better to us, or to someone else. We are not trusting that even though He rewards us on earth, our most precious rewards are those He stores up for us in heaven.