Everyone has the same potential for success. It is a matter of the conditions in which you grow up in and what you do within the those conditions. I would parallel it to the work of two farmers. Both have fields next to each other, but there is a stark difference between the two, One is overgrown with bush and weeds yielding no return, while the other has neat rows of crop that is growing well to eventually yield great profit. One farmer did not work the land, perhaps lazy. The other was hardworking and determined to do the right things at the right time. Ezekiel 15:8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord God. In this chapter a parallel is drawn with the wood of the vine. It is not useful for anything except for the fire. It cannot be formed into anything useful. These are the harsh comparisons God is making with the people of Israel. Their land was to be desolate becau...