Peace Taker #13- What Others Think, Part 1 (TMF:698)

Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #13- What Others Think, Part 1 (TMF:698) - Daniel Litton
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       Number thirteen: Caring too much about what other people think. “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10, ESV). Perhaps one of the greatest stumbling blocks in many people’s lives is that they care too much about what other people think. This is particularly true nowadays and in our setting here in America. Many are just too obsessed with how they are perceived by others, and this tends to even more the case with the younger people are. Being too concerned about what other people are thinking is a great trap. In reality, it really only matters what God’s opinion is of you. Are you seeking to please him the best you can? Or are you making God number two or number three in your life so that you can please others, like your friends of your coworkers? As Paul made the distinction in the verse I just read, really one cannot be a people-pleasure and a God-pleaser at the same time. One master will win out over the other. We should be much more focused and concerned on what God thinks of us versus what others think.