What if God’s will is the short stick?

This morning I’m reading about the sin of envy and how envying others who enjoy their blessings is actually determining that God has no right to dispose of His own goods in whatever way He wishes. The writer says envy is a “mental theft” of God's decisions that makes personal desires more important than His will. This implies the opposite of what Jesus did:

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped… (Philippians 2:5–6)

Envy says that God is not ruling His goods the way I think He should and I should have as much right to His favors as anyone else. This denies that all creation belongs to Him and suggests He is unjust or unwise in His decisions. But God says, 

I will deal with you according to the anger and envy that you showed because of your hatred against them. And I will make myself known among them, when I judge you. And you shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel 35:11–12)

Satan’s sin was this attitude to be better than God. The sin of envy in the first man was an envy of God’s prerogative in knowledge and wanting more than what God had given. Cain envied Abel’s sacrifice before his, denying God his right to choose what was acceptable. Then he denied God’s right of propriety and usurped His power over the life and being of his brother, which solely belonged to God. Envy is rooted in not accepting God’s choices.

But what if I am the object of envy rather than the one who envies? What if others see God's blessing in my life and envy it, then treat me as unworthy of such blessing (which is true)? 

In the NT, the disciples were selected by divine wisdom, not anything they earned or deserved. Most of them were persecuted by some who envied their position and activities. Jesus was also envied by the religious leaders of His day. 

So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.” (John 12:19)
For (Pilate) perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered him up.(Mark 15:10) 

Pilate figured it out and did what the angry leaders wanted. He had Jesus put to death.

I’m not experiencing this kind of envy but the kind that makes some people put on masks or a layer that shuts me out of their lives with a falseness than ruins true fellowship. Their envy makes me an enemy?

Looking to Jesus, He did three things: One, He called it like He saw it. I cannot because those who envy are hiding it behind a ‘not a real me’ mask. Because of that, they might not see their problem as envy. Besides, I do not hear Jesus telling me to do that.

Two, He spent time with others who really needed Him… “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10) He didn’t spend quality time with those who wanted the power and popularity that He had.

Three, He did not let their behavior affect His. Instead, He obeyed the leading of His Father, spending time in prayer seeking His will, not concerned with false reactions to His words or His successes. God blessed Him because Jesus was focused: “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.” (John 4:34) 

I cannot force people to do what I want. Instead, my focus needs to be on doing what God wants. Blessing or not. Living with this or crucified. I can ignore those who envy me, but also treat them well and pray for their faith in the Lord to grow. 

PRAY: Lord, it is easy to be side-tracked by wanting others to respond to me as You want me to respond to You. But it isn’t a guarantee. Instead of wanting to be well-liked and hearing others bless You because You have blessed us, I need to pray for them and rely on You to remove their masks and bless them in ways that You desire, such as contentment and a deep faith in Your will for themselves and for all of Your people. Help them to be thankful for all that You give them.