Sometime ago, I was thinking about a couple; the wife is a fast talker, high achiever and self-motivated. The husband is more of a 'home' person, he has his own business and they both are doing well. He seems to be happy with whatever makes his wife happy and really does not have exceptionally lofty dreams. His wife is ambitious constantly working on one new project or the other. Their lives are fascinating because they just seem to have a high level of understanding. The wife understands her husband's nature and seems to always make time for whatever makes him happy too. It makes me wonder, how come some people find it easy to understand each other while others never seem to speak the same language talkless of understanding what either party is saying.
To complement means to add to, enhance, improve or bring to completion. The question to ask is do you complement your spouse, are you a team player at work or can you function with other people when working on a project at church or in any other group you belong? Is it always your aim to outshine (nothing wrong with that please), win, be the centre of attention at the expense of others? Do you enjoy listening to yourself talk and scarcely tolerate a word or two from others? Evaluation and review bring improvement. So it will only be logical to bring our personal lives under evaluation so as to improve.
Competition on the other hand means; rivalry for supremacy, contest for some prize, honor or advantage. When the Lord dropped this in my heart I said but there are some competitions that are healthy... Yes, perhaps at work for fun or at home. Maybe if you have a business then you do have to engage in competition. However, we are considering this topic from the perspective of our home, work and ministry. A godly home shouls be void of any form of rivalry for supremacy, God is not an author of confusion and such He has given us a pattern of how things should work. The man is the head, the woman the help meet. Every couple should figure out how to form a strong team and war against the enemy not against each other. This means am not allowed to compete with my spouse in terms of: education, possession and material things etc.
Psalms 133:1-3 NKJV
"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to
the skirts of his garments;
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountain of Zion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing,
even life for evermore".
At work, you are required to demonstrate team work, emotional intelligence, hardly does any organization want to hire you just because of what you know these days! You are expected to know how to work with others. If you and I swallow our egos and pride to function outside, why can we not do that at home? Charity begins at home... Husbands and wives, siblings, friends, ministry partners, we get a lot done by complementing(improve, enhance, add to and bring to completion) ourselves than by competition. God expects us to honor one another and if I rival with someone else to attain honor or advantage, I do not advance the kingdom of God. The word of God expects you to prefer another in place of honor.
A level of humility is required to be able to complement others especially if you think you know better or your are more experienced! Do it anyhow to promote peace. May this new month usher in unspeakable joy, peace, abundance in all areas of your life in Jesus name.
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