When You’re Comparing Your Life Again | Your Nightly Prayer

In a world of perfectly filtered highlight reels, it’s all too easy to feel behind.

Updated Sep 29, 2025

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We scroll and wonder why everyone else seems joyful, successful, carefree—while we feel stuck, invisible, or delayed. Comparison has a way of whispering lies that steal our joy, distort our identity, and distance us from the truth of God's love. Tonight’s prayer and devotional is a powerful reminder that God sees you—not the version you think you should be, but you. Your life may look quieter, slower, or harder than others’, but it is no less valuable in His hands. Inspired by Galatians 6:4, this episode challenges the tendency to measure our lives against others and instead invites us to examine our journey with God’s eyes. Just as Sophia shares how chronic illness once left her feeling behind, she also recounts how God—El Roi, the One who sees—met her in the hidden moments and revealed purpose in the pause. 📖 “Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else.” — Galatians 6:4 📖 “The Lord watches over all who love him.” — Psalm 145:20 📖 “You are precious and honored in my sight.” — Isaiah 43:4 Lord, You are the God who sees me, just as You saw Hagar in the wilderness. Help me turn from the lie that others have it better, easier, or more joyful than I do. Instead, open my eyes to where You are at work in my life right now. Teach me to celebrate the growth You are producing in me and to rest in the assurance that I am fully seen, known, and loved by You. Amen.

Originally published September 29, 2025.

Sophia Bricker Sophia Bricker is a writer. Her mission is to help others grow in their relationship with Jesus through thoughtful articles, devotionals, and stories. She completed a BA and MA in Christian ministry which included extensive study of the Bible and theology, as well as an MFA in creative writing. You can read her thoughts about literature and faith at The Cross, a Pen, and a Page Substack, or visit the discipleship-based site Cultivate, where she writes with her sister.