These days, it seems like there is a lot of pressure to succeed. Our parents want us to score high on the ACT/SAT so that we will be able to obtain more scholarships. Our teachers expect us to get good grades. If you go to the same school as an older sibling, there is the pressure to avoid embarrassing them. Especially, there is the burden to “fit in” among one’s peers.
With all of these audiences for whom we feel pressure to perform, it is easy to lose sight of the one that we should really be living for, and that is God. He should be our Audience of One. Learning to live for the Audience of One is a difficult, gradual process. Since we are human, there is the all-too-prevalent tendency to want glory for ourselves. If someone really wants to live for the Audience of One, he or she should pray every day, “Lord, help me to live my life before you today, and you only.” Whenever we catch ourselves trying to win the approval of others, we should repent and ask for God’s forgiveness. Another thing that might be helpful in defeating the habit of seeking recognition and acknowledgement from others is to remind yourself of God’s great love. He is the only one who will never love you less for making mistakes. If you fail a class, others may look at you as a failure; however, God will never view you that way. He will always view you as perfect because of what Christ did on the cross for our sins. Rest in that knowledge and live for the Audience of One.
1. What other ways might there be to help us live for the Audience of One?
2. Who am I personally trying to impress? What is evident of that?
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