Seeking Approval

I have just read an article on the BBC Sport website about a programme to be shown tonight about the Olympic Cyclist Victoria Pendleton. You can see the article here. In it Victoria is very honest about how she feels "trapped" by her success and reveals her lack of self confidence.
The line that struck me most was her admission of seeking approval in those around her.
I am sure that this is something we can all identify with. We often seek our significance, self worth and security in the wrong place. Only God can provide us with all these things yet we so often get caught into looking to others to provide them for us.
By the end of the article I felt that Victoria has put a huge amount of pressure on herself and that if she doesn't win gold she is going to be very disappointed.
However, I commend her whole heartedly for being so honest and real. This is something we need much more of. I also would love to see her win and she sure has the talent and ability to do so.
All of the athletes at the games will have worked so hard and given the best but only so many can win gold medals. But the truth is that for all those that look to God for their approval will find they are all winners in His sight.