The Daily CHEW™
Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals
What This Could Look Like
You sit at that café table in the middle of a full week, glancing at your short list for the day before you head to the site, the office, or your next meeting. You care about doing excellent work, leading well, and honoring the people who count on you. You’ve grown used to carrying weight—and by God’s grace, you’re actually pretty good at it.
Lately, though, you’ve been tasting a different kind of strength. There are moments when you remember, even briefly, that in Christ you are already loved and approved before you ever open your laptop or walk onto the job. In those moments, your best work flows from a settled place instead of a frantic one. You listen more clearly, take bolder but wiser risks, and aren’t as rattled when something slips.
The gap you’re learning to close is not between “sloppiness” and “excellence,” but between doing excellent work from quiet security in Christ versus doing the same work from a hum underneath that says, “Prove yourself again.” This blog is about growing that secure, Gospel‑anchored way of working so it becomes less of a rare moment and more of a normal rhythm.
How God’s Love Meets You Here
One quiet belief many high‑performing Christians carry is this: “My best work comes when I feel the pressure to prove I belong here.” It sounds noble—responsible, driven, serious—but it quietly shifts the center of gravity from Christ’s finished work to your current performance.
Scripture gives a different foundation: “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3) Your truest life, your deepest identity, your right‑now approval are not hanging in the balance of this quarter’s results or this week’s meetings. In Christ, you stand in a love and righteousness you did not earn and cannot lose. The God who spoke galaxies into existence has already declared you His, already clothed you in Jesus’ perfection, already seated you with Christ in the heavenly places.
Here’s how God’s love deepens this: when the Holy Spirit keeps this hidden‑with‑Christ reality alive in your heart, excellence stops being a way to secure your place and becomes a way to express the security you already have. You still work hard. You still prepare, review, and refine. But you do it as someone who is practicing courage, creativity, and care on top of an unshakeable foundation—not scrambling to build a foundation out of your own effort. Over time, God uses that security to grow leaders who are both sharper and kinder, both more courageous and more at rest in Him.
(First‑time reader? Learn more about the CHEW framework.)
CHEW On This™: Practice Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart
Pause at each CHEW step below. Reflect, and answer in your own words — you’ll see a sample below each question. This is where the Gospel gets personal. If time is tight, linger with just one step — especially the Walk step at the end. This is a practice, not a performance review; even a small, honest answer counts.
C — Confess
Where has God’s love been grounding your leadership or relationships lately, and where do you sense Him drawing you further into working from approval instead of for approval?
Sample:
I can see that I’ve been a little more patient and less reactive in high‑pressure conversations this month, but I still feel that internal “prove it” surge before big meetings, as if how today goes decides whether I really deserve to be in these rooms.
H — Hear
What does God say about your identity and approval in Christ, even before you step into today’s responsibilities? Sit with Colossians 3:1–4, especially verse 3: “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Sample:
Your Word says my life is already hidden with Christ in You, which means my deepest identity and approval are not up for debate today. Scripture says that when Christ appears, I will appear with Him in glory, so my future and my worth are securely tied to Him, not to my performance.
E — Exchange
If you really believed God’s love is this secure and Christ has already covered your identity, how would that deepen how you bring your A‑game to the work and people in front of you today?
Sample:
If I truly believed my life is hidden with Christ, I’d approach my work as an act of grateful stewardship instead of a test. I’d prepare thoughtfully, give my best effort, and then walk into each conversation less defensive, more curious, and more willing to take wise risks because my approval isn’t riding on a flawless outcome.
W — Walk
What is one small, specific step you will take today to build on what God’s love is already producing in you—so your excellence flows from security in Christ, not pressure to prove yourself?
Sample:
Before my next key meeting today, I’ll take 60 seconds alone—maybe in the hallway or my parked car—to pray, “Lord, thank You that my life is hidden with Christ in You. I’m already loved and already Yours. Help me work from that security, not to earn it.” Then I’ll write one phrase from that prayer at the top of my notes as a quiet reminder. If that’s the only thing I do from this blog today, it is enough.
Worship Response: Turn Gratitude into Worship
Take 30 seconds — thank God for what His love has done in Christ and is doing in you. Worship is responding to His finished work, even when your feelings lag behind.
Lord, thank You that in Christ my life is already hidden, already secure, already approved before I ever step into a meeting, send an email, or make a decision. Thank You that Your love frees me to pursue excellence as a response to grace, not as a way to justify my existence. As I work today, deepen my confidence in what You have finished in Jesus, and let that security shape how I think, speak, build, and lead for the good of others and the glory of Your name.
With you on the journey,
Ryan
If you had to put this into one sentence for today, what would you say God is inviting you to build on or go deeper in as you bring your A‑game from a heart already approved in Christ?
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