“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew and approved of you [as my chosen instrument] and before you were born, I separated and set you apart, consecrating you and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1 vs 5 (AMP)

God told Jeremiah in the scripture above that he knew him and even approved of him before he was formed in the womb, meaning even before his parents met, God had chosen and set him aside for Kingdom purpose.

When God said He knew Jeremiah, He meant He knew even his deepest secrets, he knew Jeremiah more than Jeremiah knew himself.

He knew his flaws, weakness, strengths, past, present and future mistakes

God knows us the same way too. He knows all our weaknesses, still, just like the way he chose and approved of Jeremiah, He has approved of us the same way.

God sees beyond our flaws and weaknesses into the great potentials embedded in us and wants to bring it out and use it for the Kingdom.

But contrariwise, what most of us see is the weakness and flaws we all have in our lives.

We feel we are too weak and imperfect for God to use.

The truth is, truly God has approved of us but until we also learn to approve of ourselves, God’s plan and purpose to bring out the great potential embedded in us won’t come to fruition.

We also learn to see things from the standpoint of God. We must learn to see ourselves the way God sees us.

In the bid to show ourselves approved, many of us have become pleasers of men rather than God-pleasers.

Men may approve of you but if God does not , it is all is in vain.

It is better to be approved by God alone than to get the approval of all the men of the earth.

God’s approval is the highest form of approval you need to get in life and once gotten, the approval of MEN YOU NEED in your life will come rushing in.

I capitalized those words above for you to understand that you do not need everyone’s approval to get through in life.

Trying to get the approval of every one around you will surely end up in frustration because you can never please everyone.

God knows those you need and he will surely bring them your way, all you need is to get HIS approval first.

So do not get broken if those you think you need do not approve of you, for God is preparing you for greater things ahead.

Let us try to be pleasers of God and not men.

Remember, since God knows you and has approved of you, you must learn to approve of yourself also.

It may look stupid right now but trust me, in time to come, it will all make sense and those who rejected you in the last will come back running to you.

Written by Tolu-Taiwo Victor