Well Done!!!

Yesterday afternoon I was watching an episode of America’s Got Talent that I had recording a couple weeks ago. (Ok guys go ahead and laugh, I find the show entertaining) Anyways, as I watched they showed a clip of one of the male contestants talking about his original audition. He stated that his mother was never more proud of him then she was in that moment. I found myself thinking about the times that my parents had told me they were proud of me. As I thought about this I realized that I had spent a lot of time trying to make my parents proud. Then it hit me, what does it matter if I spend my entire life striving to hear my parents say, “Well done,” only to get to heaven and have my heavenly Father not say it?

Now, this is not to say that there is anything wrong with wanting my parents to be proud of me, or that there is anything wrong with hearing them say it. However, at the end of the day I will face judgement the same as them and their pride will not matter. So, at that moment I made a decision. No longer will I do things that are aimed at making my parents proud, but rather my goal will be to focus on things that at the end of my life will make my heavenly Father say, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”

Who are you trying to please? Are you trying to make your parents proud, or your spouse, or maybe your kids? Are you striving to make your boss proud, or your co-workers, or maybe your friends? At the end of the day will it really matter what these people think about you. When you face Christ will he say, “Well done,” or will he say, “Depart from me, I never knew you?”

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