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Daily Devotional · Day 250 · Fountain of Grace International

Am I living for God or just trying to impress people?

Pretoria North · 7 September 2026

Am I living for God or just trying to impress people? - Fountain of Grace International

Most of us never plan to live for other people's approval. It just slowly becomes the thing that drives us. We post, we perform, we shrink ourselves down or puff ourselves up, all based on what someone else might think. Here is the honest question worth sitting with today: whose voice actually decides your worth on a Monday morning? Because God says your life is not on display for anyone to judge.

"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

- Colossians 3:3 (KJV)

Before tonight, pick one small thing you did today and ask yourself honestly: did I do that for God, or was I hoping someone would notice? Not to feel guilty about it. Just to get honest. That moment of honesty is where real identity starts to shift.

Father, I want to live from who You say I am, not from what other people see. Teach me to find my security in You alone, not in approval that comes and goes. Amen.

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