WHOSE APPROVAL DO YOU SEEK

In his book “Next Level Thinking” Joel Osteen puts down his thoughts about what we are doing with our lives.

"Quit trying to make people be for you who are never going to be for you. Quit feeling inferior because somebody close to you is not celebrating you. If you needed their approval, you would get it. If you're not getting it, that means you don't need it to become who you were created to be. Yes, it may be hurtful, but it is not going to keep you from your destiny. Sometimes it's God teaching us to go to Him and not to people. We rely too much on what people think about us, on who seems to believe in us, and think too much about why they are not supporting us. David's brothers made fun of him. His father discounted him. He was stuck out in the shepherds' fields. But instead of complaining and feeling inferior, he turned to God. David is the one who wrote in Psalm 27: "If my mother and father forsake me, God will adopt me as His own child."

God has already adopted us. We are made in His image. I love you.