“Sure, run with it.”
“I trust your judgment.”
Some people need approval more than others.
Some don’t really care one way or another. But nobody — and I mean NOBODY —
is truly averse to hearing others enthuse about their ideas, even if the
humbler ones among us sometimes find it a little embarrassing.
Three times in 1 Samuel 14
somebody gives positive feedback about the plans of another. In one case the
approver is clearly right; in another the approvers are clearly wrong; and in
the third instance it doesn’t seem to matter much either way.
It’s a good reminder that over-reliance on the
encouragement of others is pretty dubious practice for the follower of God.
