A deception all of us tend to believe is that success will bring fulfillment and happiness. We try to measure up, thinking that if we could perform and meet certain standards, we would feel good about ourselves and find our value and worth. We believe we have to earn our worth. Thus, we get caught in the performance trap – I must perform to certain standards to feel good about myself. When we believe this about ourselves; about our self-worth, Satan’s distortion of truth is often reflected in our attitudes, behaviors and feelings. But through Jesus, we have been justified and made righteous in God’s eyes and are fully pleasing to him.