Workplace competition is a common thing. Man is a competitive being, often desiring to outdo one's self and others. We all know how hard it is to succeed in a competitive market, and how we’re constantly tempted to seek our own advantage at others’ expense.

The pressures of competition are both constructive and dangerous: Constructive in the sense that it encourages excellence, value creation, and accountability to customers but dangerous because it could lead to temptations to cut corners, deceive customers or undermine the work of competitors. Competition both destroys and creates wealth and jobs as well as cultivates both fear and hope.

While competing requires that we compare ourselves to others and aim to displace or dispossess them of what they have, the Bible cautions us against comparing ourselves with others or coveting and longing for, what others possess

As Christians, we can make competition irrelevant by focusing on glorifying God and matching ourselves against His standards rather than competing with others.