Approval Addiction

 

 

We all have many addictions

to which we need our fix

We need something to alleviate the pain or pressure

Which has caused us to become like this

Sometimes we turn to drugs, alcohol, or even sex,

Gambling, food, or anything we feel is going to make us feel more than less

To suppress those things we are trying to overcome

But It’s not always that easy to see that to which we succumb

My pain is rejection

My Drug of choice is approval

Why do I need someone’s yes to make me feel good

Like only their words can break or make me turn into the person I be

But I need to hear that compliment

Like an addict needs their next fix

And I needed to feel that reassurance

Like an addict needs that false high to forget

But who I am and who I was

Is now something totally different

God truly has his hand upon me

Changing and making me into the person I’m meant to be

He has seen fit to rid me of this awful thing

That has made me a hindrance and handicap to the king

Showing me that my worth is not built by man’s approval or rejection of me

But rather by what Christ, My Savior has done for and in me

So it’s not about who I or others think I am or the things I do

Cause I’m not defined by what I do but

But I am truly a child of the most high God, a conqueror -an overcomer

I’m not only all the things that I participate in

My worth is built up by who Christ is in me

And What I let flow free

I thank you God for the word

I thank you God that I am free

Because who the Lord sets free is truly free indeed.

Sometimes your so concentrated on the things that are wrong that you can see and you don’t pay attention to the things that are wrong that you can’t see

But the faithfulness of God is so good.

You don’t always see and recognize that God has his hand on you and he’s changing you through and through

But we just have to have faith

Cause God is faithful

He who has begun the work is not finished with us yet

There are more things for him to do

In us and through us.

So be encouraged that we’re not perfect but we’re well on our way.

Keep pressing on

Where you’re at, choose not to stay.

Keep pressing on

Onward up toward that higher call which is in Christ Jesus.