In the quiet moments of our striving, we often measure ourselves by goals, titles, and the applause of others. But there will come a day when there is nothing left to achieve, nothing to prove. On that day, we will see clearly that there never really was.

The cross already settled the question of our worth. Achievement does not anchor our identity, grace does. We are not defined by what we build, win, drive, or earn, but by who we are becoming in Christ.

Be confident then in the freedom of knowing you were already chosen, already loved, before the first accolade and long after the last.