Known or evaluated?

Do you desire to be known or evaluated?
You are evaluated by your achievements, but you are known by who you are.
Which gives you a greater satisfaction/joy? How lasting are they?

Our achievements indicates a part of us but not everything of us.
Most people hangs their identity/worth on their achievements. When they are well praised they feel worthy, admired, adored, esteemed etc. But what happens when someone else does a better job than you: sings better, acts better, preach better, build a bigger church than you? When you are not the best, the number one; what happen to you ? We remember the OT Saul who sulked when David is praised greater than him. Envy, anger, murder arose in his heart to get rid of the competitor. Did he live well - in jealousy and competition? No, only in misery.

Being known needs us to be transparent. It's a risky business. Vulnerability is the path to true intimacy. To be known and to be loved as we are, provides us the best climate for wonderful life-giving transformation and living. Will we offer the space for others to be known and will we take the space that stretches and challenges us to love beyond our comfort?

Achievements with the crowd cheering is wonderful until you have to face your own self. How are you without the applause? Do you know that you are truly known by the One, one or a few and looking into the mirror, you smiled and say: Yes, I know I am loved. Have you taken the path of vulnerability?