Too often I find that we look to other people for validation and approval. But what happens when that approval doesn’t come? What happens if you never receive the validation that you so greatly desire? Does that mean that you are not worthy or less than? Absolutely not (Psalm 139:14)! 

Joseph wanted acknowledgment and perhaps approval about his dream. However, he never received it and in fact, he was sold into slavery. Did the fact that he was sold into slavery negate the fact that he was called to save a nation? No, it actually was part of the fire that refined and qualified him. 

David was tending sheep and overlooked by his father and his brothers. Yet, he was a King. Tending sheep and delivering lunch but called to lead a Nation. Esther was without her mother and father but she was chosen by God to be a Queen and deliver her people. 

So even though you may have been discounted, overlooked and perhaps told you’ll never amount to anything, God has the final say. Nothing you have experienced is a surprise to God. He qualified you before they rejected and denied you. Whoever counted you out, couldn’t count! You are called, you are chosen, and you are a Royal Priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). Believe it! 

-With Sisterly Love,

Rebecca Cochran