Devotional: God's Approval vs Man's Approval
Christian Women's Devotion on God's Approval
Although this scripture
is aimed at servants/employees,
it is applicable to
each one of us in our lives, whether
we are in
employment, or working in the home, or in
a
particular full-time ministry. Whatever we are
doing,
let us not be looking to man's approval. Let
us keep
our eyes fixed on Jesus. Whatever we do, let
us do it
as if we are doing it for Jesus. May we not
be pleasers
of men, performing well when their eyes
are on us.
Because our reward does not come from men,
but from
the Lord, as verse 24 says, "Knowing [with
all certainty]
that it is from the Lord [and not from
men] that you
will receive the inheritance which is
your [real] reward.
[The one whom] you are actually
serving [is] the Lord
Christ (the
Messiah)." So often we may look for approval from
others and quite often
it doesn't come. We shouldn't
rely on that, or even look
for that. In the end, it is
God who we will stand before
to give an account
(Romans 14:10-12). Let us look for our Master's
approval smile. To hear the
words 'Well done, my good
and faithful servant'. © By M.S.Lowndes
And yet [in spite of all
this] many even of the leading
men (the authorities
and the nobles) believed and trusted
in Him. But
because of the Pharisees they did not confess
it, for
fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they
would
be expelled from the synagogue; for they loved
the
approval and the praise and the glory that come
from
men [instead of and] more than the glory that
comes
from God. [They valued their credit with men
more
than their credit with God]. - John 12:42-43 (AMPC)
May I always please you,
Lord,
In everything I do
And not be seeking man's
approval,
But to desire it from
you. © By M.S.Lowndes
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