Read: Ephesians 2:10
We said yesterday that people-pleasing, living for the approval of others, is a trap, and that it鈥檚 not just exhausting...it鈥檚 impossible. You will never please everyone, and if you鈥檙e not careful you could waste your life trying.
But there鈥檚 another option. We can choose to live for an Audience of One, and over the next several days we will discuss 6 strategies to help us break free from the snare of caring so much what other people think of us.
If we really want to kill people pleasing at the root, it鈥檚 important to understand WHY it鈥檚 such an easy trap to fall into. Mainly, it鈥檚 because we believe the lie that our value depends on what others think about us.
We feel good about ourselves when we are liked, admired, and respected. And if anybody doesn鈥檛 like us, it can have the opposite effect, where we begin to wonder if we measure up. We are trying to find our value and worth in the affirmation of others.
Well, here鈥檚 some really good news if you find yourself in that boat: your identity and value aren鈥檛 up for grabs. God has already spoken on that issue.
In Ephesians 2:10, we are told that God sees us as his masterpieces!
In Romans 8:38-39, the Apostle Paul tells us nothing can separate us from God鈥檚 love!
In Zephaniah 3:17, it says that God delights in you!
It doesn鈥檛 matter what anyone else thinks of you: your identity isn鈥檛 up for grabs. The God of the Universe already says that he made you to be more valuable than you could ever imagine, and nothing could ever change that.
So today, you are free to stop living for the approval of others, and instead live from the approval of God.