Comparison Kills

Jonathan McReynolds' “Comparison Kills” is a conversational gospel track about the damage done by measuring yourself against others. It starts by noting that where he lives almost everyone has what they need, while other nations face sickness, yet people at home “die from jealousy.” The chorus line says that comparison makes you chase what's not meant to be chased, and that it comes to steal and hide what is real.

His examples are modern. People spend all night admiring pictures that make life look perfect without knowing the story or how long it took to make it good. He says the grass was fine until it looked greener on the other side, and now you believe you fell behind. The answer is that you are one of a kind, so there is no reason to match what was never meant to be copied. A later verse says that people want success and get angry when God is not in a rush, and that time is wasted just making copies. The pressure creates mirages and a thirst that cannot be filled. He ends with the reminder that God feels what you feel, and that those who are hurt should ask him to heal. It is a candid and sometimes funny song, and its practical point is to stop looking at someone else's page.

Testing your own work is Galatians 6:4. Being fearfully and wonderfully made is Psalm 139:14, and each member placed as God desired is 1 Corinthians 12:18.