Approval!
That’s what we are looking for right? Right from the day we are born and maybe until the day we die… We are going to
look for approval from all… Starts with approval from our teachers in school…
approval from parents by choosing a career… approval from friends by trying to
match up to what they do (and feel if we miss doing that we are out of the
race)… approval from our boss (client) or else we won’t get promoted or
be recognized… and above all approval from ourselves - self approval…
All our life unknowingly (knowingly) we
have done everything to get approval… To
be comfortable in this well-defined place we live in… Funny isn't it?… after all
these years we still haven’t realized that we just need approval from one
person… And we are so B.U.S.Y (Busy Under Satan’s Yoke), that we really have no
time to gain the most important persons approval… The ‘only’ person’s approval
that mattered and should always matter… maybe life has brought in a drift… but
this changing generation, and changing time can’t change that one person and
can’t change the fact that we can’t ignore the need for His approval…
Yes – God’s Approval!
How many times have you thought of taking
his approval while taking big (small) decisions… how many times have you waited
for His reply… But indeed a zillion times you ‘told’ Him your decision and
asked Him to bless your choice (already made) – And left Him with no room but
to accept what you wish for…
When it comes to God we are always Busy…
And what does Busy mean… you have no time for Him or He is not your priority…
But a point comes in each ones life… (lucky me that it came sooner)… that no
one’s approval matters… What you study… what job you are doing… how many
dollars you are saving up in your account…
nothing defines you… and if someone tries to introduce you by any of these its
time you take a step back and think is that all I have left in me…
Your introduction cannot be by your Name,
your qualification, company you work for, flat you own, amount saved in your
bank…. All this will pass one day… these things will help you get approval here
on earth… but for God… you think all this even matters…
Tomorrow if God comes to visit you… face
to face… one on one… Just you and Him…. What would you tell Him… I am ‘abc’…
Engineer… Working for ‘xyz’ company…. Drawing 10 lac a year… you think God is
even close to being interested to know any of these details… Then why are you running around to gain
everyones approval…
Halt… Stop… Think….
God is waiting… And you know it or not…
You need His approval… and I’ts very easy to gain His approval against what
this world asks you to prove and in return leaves you drained by the end of the
day… with God you will always be high in spirit.. That’s the returns you get
for passing His approval test… simple isn’t it… But we are so used to
complicated lives that anything we get simply we don’t appreciate… we like to
climb mountains and then get a reward…
But some gifts are free… and they are stress free…
Whose approval are you still waiting for?
____________________Rashmi(20th May, 2013)
