Kelly Needham says it's easy to assign too much significance to the things we do, our work.

We need to know that we're valued, but that value cannot be attached to what I accomplish and what I achieve.

We'll hear where our true worth lies today on the Reviver Hearts podcast.

It's July 21st, 2023, and I'm Dana Gresh.

Our host is the author of A Place of Quiet Rest, Nancy de Moss-Walgemuth.

Well, can you believe we're already finishing up the third week of July?

And all this month, we've been focusing on the idea that our identity needs to be found in Christ.

The problem, of course, is how easy it is to look for meaning in places other than our relationship with Him.

For example, in the things we do.

So here are some questions to think about that tie into today's topic.

If you got laid off because of company cutbacks, would you start questioning your personal value?

If you're praised for a job well done, does pride start to well up in your heart?

If your child completely derails and makes wrong choices, do you beat yourself up for not being a better parent?

Do you worry about what others are thinking of you?

If your kids are grown and gone from the house, do you feel like you're maybe not worth much anymore?

If you spend all day doing tasks like cleaning up toddler's messes and feeding kids and doing the laundry,

are you tempted to think that maybe you're not as important as someone with a so-called real job?

Or if you spend all day at a desk crunching numbers or designing brochures,

do you wonder if there's more to life?

Well, our performance, the things we do, can quickly turn into an idol.

Of course, it's important to do things with excellence.

But sometimes our own sense of identity gets wrapped up in our work.

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