26/08/2026
The Guiding Voice
DAILY DEVOTIONAL, 26TH AUGUST 2026.
GO BEYOND THE VALIDATION OF MEN.
Pastor Obinna Michael
Luke 6:26 (MSG)...... “ there’s trouble ahead when you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests—look how many scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true, not popular.
The word "validation" is defined as the process of confirming that something is true, correct, or officially acceptable. This is what many believers and, sadly, some leaders and preachers of my day live for.
We are living in a very unstable and funny times in human history. A time when what matters to many of us is the number of people following you or the likes and people who subscribe to your videos. For some, if they don't get as much as they wished for, they feel depressed and lose their joy.
When it comes to the preaching of the gospel and following God's will for your life, your own is to be true and not popular. Popularity contests are not truth contests. There is trouble ahead of you when you live only for the validation of approval of men.
Don’t let the validation of men make you feel accepted because it doesn't matter to God.
What matters to him is that YOU OBEY HIM. That you are dragged for saying something does not make what you said wrong, but you must be strong to finish well. Meditate on this.
Prayer:
Thank you father for this truth. I am comforted and my spirit is charged up to do more and win for Christ. Amen.
Bible Reference: Ecclesiastes 3:1-10, Ephesians 6:10-11.
Wisdom Capsule:
Proverbs 18:8 (MSG)..... Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?
Copyright © 2026 Giftedworld Publications