How Over-Reliance on the Approval of Man Limits Your Life - And What to Do About It - Part 1

Main Post of the Week #1 (Week of 5/18 -5/24)

Approval is a powerful force. It’s pleasant to experience. Do you remember the last time someone told you that you did a really great job? Felt good, no doubt.

Approval from others for things we do and who we are is often a reward for hard work, exceptional performances and strong character. Those are good things. After all, who doesn’t like meeting or even exceeding the expectations of others? But consistently gaining approval from other people is funny, especially when it becomes a key motivator in our lives.

One day you’ve got it; the next day you’re wondering where it went.

The level of approval or acceptance you need deep down significantly affects:

relationships
productivity
sense of well being
confidence and
ability to fulfill the purpose that God intends for your life.

But before you conclude that you are fine in all areas, please don’t excuse yourself from the table just yet.

The condition we are going to talk about could be limiting your life to a degree unknown to you right now whether you think you are doing pretty well, not so great or anywhere in between. And it doesn’t matter whether you are a key leader in your sphere or simply a team member.

Leaders are as susceptible if not more so, than anybody else.

Much of this process occurs on a subconscious level without your even knowing it, and it’s absolutely deadly to fulfilling your calling in the marketplace.

People ‘under the influence’ can look quite normal to others, and by some measures actually be doing, exceptionally well. Yet beneath the surface there may be an internal struggle that they have learned to discount, ignore or simply live with.

Sufferers go back and forth between feeling wonderful and feeling drained by everyday situations without knowing why. The continual desire to meet or even exceed the expectations of others produces a temporary great feeling when it is achieved (just like a drug), but is a rotten way to run your life and comes complete with withdrawal. There is nothing illegal about it and most other people seem not to notice, so what’s the big deal?

Until God alerted me, I was unknowingly deeply influenced by the approval of man. You might be too. But if you would have asked me, I would have told you in so many words “I’m fine, thank you, not sure what you mean or why you ask.”

We’ll break this down to bite sized chunks over the next few posts and it’s gonna help somebody - maybe YOU!

To the advance of God’s Kingdom and your success in His calling,

Rick

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