“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”

EPHESIANS 3:20 (NIV)

I was sitting at a red light, waiting for my turn to merge onto the freeway, when I pulled out my phone and started scrolling. I knew I shouldn’t have, but the light was long, and my mind was already wandering. That’s when I saw it. A video of the rapper, Ludacris, on a yacht, running on a treadmill in the middle of the ocean off the coast of Italy. The water behind him was impossibly blue. The sun painted everything gold. He looked free. Unbothered. Living.

My first thought hit fast: “Man, I wish I could do that.” But then the light changed. I put the phone down, pressed the gas, and merged onto I-94. The highway stretched out in front of me, familiar and predictable. And as I settled into the drive, something shifted in me.

A different thought rose up. A better one. What if I wasn’t supposed to envy what I saw? What if I was supposed to be inspired by it? I thought about that video again, but this time without the sting of comparison.

Ludacris wasn’t on that yacht to make me feel small. He was there to show me what’s possible. His success wasn’t my loss. It was my window into what God can do.

You do this all the time. You see people thriving and immediately feel less than. You measure your progress against theirs and come up short every single time. But what if you shift your perspective? What if, instead of wanting what they have, you see them as proof of what’s available?

Scripture says God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think. That means His plans for you are bigger than your imagination. The blessings He has in store aren’t capped by what feels reasonable.

I passed Mile Marker 248.8 and smiled. Every day, I drove to a job I was grateful for. But what if God wants to give you a lifestyle where you’re also on a yacht somewhere, living fully, inspiring others, walking in the overflow He promised? That’s not greed. That’s faith.

So, when you see someone else winning, don’t get discouraged. Get inspired. Let it fuel you. Let it remind you that God is still in the business of opening doors you didn’t even know existed.

Someone else’s blessing is proof of what God can do, not a limit on what He won’t do for us.

Keep moving forward,

Dr. Key