08/29/2026
Does It Really Matter?
It matters very little to me what you think of me, even less where I rank in popular opinion.
1 Corinthians 4:3–4, MSG
It’s good to have a spouse who speaks faith into your life, a neighbor who cheers you on, a friend who encourages you. It’s healthy when you have people who make you feel valued and appreciated. But it becomes unhealthy if you start depending on them to make you feel good about who you are, if you lose your passion because someone’s not there to encourage you or someone doesn’t approve you and instead puts you down. We can become so dependent upon others’ approval that we base our value, our worth, on what they are telling us. That’s a codependent relationship.
God didn’t create you to be dependent on someone else to keep you fixed. He uses people to bless and encourage you, but at some point they’ll let you down and can’t be there for you every time you have a difficulty or think you need them. As a child of God, you have His approval of who you are, and that is not dependent on what anyone else thinks or says about you. Be secure and happy in who God has made you to be.
Prayer For Today
“Father, thank You that You see the greatness that is in me, and You love me just the way You made me. When others don’t give me their approval or affirm me, help me to let it go. I believe that Your approval is what really matters, and I declare that I have it. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”
