Whose favor do you crave? Who do you wish you could “wow”? Whose opinion of you matters desperately to you?
Do you wish your boss would take notice?
Do you wish other entrepreneurs would acknowledge your unparalleled hustle?
Would it rock your world if only (insert name here) would personally comment on one of your FB/Instagram posts?
Do you wish other moms would aspire to your level of mommy mojo?
Do you wish your husbanding skills would make you the envy of all of your wife’s girlfriends?
Do you wish your neighbors viewed you as the Joneses they yearn to keep up with?
Now stop for a moment. Pick any one of those mentioned above, or one that better suits you personally, and imagine that it isn’t just your wish or desire, but is in fact reality. You actually DO have the admiration of that person or group you so desperately desire. Now what?
Are you content? Are you satisfied? Has that admiration brought you all the happiness and joy and peace of mind you thought it would? Probably not, huh? Or at least, not for long.
My guess is that one of two things will happen right quickly: 1) you’ll immediately start to be concerned about losing that admiration or being one-upped by someone else, or 2) once the satisfaction subsides, you’ll soon look to some other area of your life for praise or affirmation from others. Sound about right?
What if the problem is that you’re looking to all the wrong things for your sense of worth? What if you realized there is already someone quite fond of you, someone who is thrilled with you, someone who feels so strongly about you that he would… give up his only Son for you? What if HE was your source of honor and the place you ran to for security and peace of mind? Might that bring into your heart and your life what you haven’t been able to find anywhere else?
My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge” (Psalm 62:7 NIV).