Something about the start of a new calendar year inspires many people to renew their commitment to getting healthy. One of the best things we can do for ourselves to “get healthy” is to become really clear about who we are not.

Our culture is one of constant comparison. When we compare ourselves, our company, our ministry, our achievements, and so on, to others, it can at times inspire us. But more often than not, it breeds insecurity, discontentment, jealousy, envy, selfish ambition, and discouragement—the seeds of which make us truly unhealthy.

Yet, just as no two snowflakes are exactly alike, God our Creator made each of us to be and do something distinctive. We talk a lot about being secure in who and what we are, but if we will take a good, honest look at ourselves and really understand, acknowledge, and be secure in who and what we are not, we will have learned a great secret to health and contentment.