Are you jealous of what God is doing in others and no you? 1 Kings 5-9

1 Kings 5:3 (NASBStr)

“You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

I wonder if David would have had a spirit of envy because of what Solomon is about to accomplish.  It was David's dream to build the temple in Jerusalem for God to dwell in and for Him to have His name there.  Solomon would later tell us this vital truth:

Proverbs 13:12 

Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

The delay of David's hope of building the temple would make his heart "sick."  That sickness is not sin.   But, if it would have led to envy than it would be sin of the worse kind.   In the Garden of Eden, Eve had the spirit of envy as she saw the forbidden fruit: She desired to be like God.   Aaron and Marian envied Moses position.   John and James mother had a spirit of envy to have her sons sit on Jesus right hand in the kingdom.   Simon the Sorcerer had a spirit of envy when he saw the power of the Holy Spirit in Acts.   He attempted to buy it.   When we envy what others have built we do a dis-service to God and forget to give God the Glory.  David desired to see the temple built and when told NO he did everything he could to prepare the material for his son, Solomon.  Solomon builds a great temple for God in these chapters.   To have a spirit of jealousy over "who" builds something for God is evil.   We should just rejoice that God is glorified.  Notice what Paul told the Philippians about false teachers:

Philippians 1:15-18 (NASBStr)

Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice.

Yes, and I will rejoice,

We should rejoice when something is built for God, weather it is us or them; out of pure motives or false; God is glorified.