June 26 – July 3, 2026

SEEK VALIDATION ONLY FROM GOD

Galatians 1:10 “Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?”

1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

One night I cried out, very spiritually, “Lord, I don’t like your people! I don’t want to do this anymore!” He had me go to our bookshelf and find a book, Captivating, by Stacey Eldredge.  Book in hand, I sat on the edge of the bed and sighed, “Lord, I am really tired and empty. I know there is something in here You want me to see, so would You please show me so I don’t have to read the whole book?” I opened the book. As I read the page I opened to, I began to get filled again.

The author talks about our need for validation which can come only from God. Words of validation are uplifting encouraging words, living words, words we live to hear. The pages came alive to me. They spoke about man’s validation being temporary but God’s validation being permanent. The Lord showed me that I wasn’t looking to Him as I used to, but I had unknowingly begun to look to man for my validation. 

Immediately I repented and prayed for the Lord to filter through His validation everything that I had seen and heard, thought and felt in my heart, from other people. And suddenly, all the pain in my heart melted away and I began to be resurrected again in the Lord!

The Bible says that God cannot lie, so when He tells us we are deeply loved by Him, we need to stand on that truth. He never speaks off the cuff! He only speaks from the depth of His heart. He loves us with an everlasting love! The world tries to tell Christians that we are frauds and weak, but validation from God tells us we are real, genuine, accredited and approved. We need to own it. We can’t let anyone tell us otherwise because God just told us the truth.

When God validates our lives, it’s true and it’s legitimate! Don’t settle for the counterfeit!

 

This is an excerpt from a 90-day devotional written by Emil and Karen. To order the full devotional, click on the TO ORDER DEVOTIONAL page.