God Pleaser

DEVOTION
GALATIONS
GOD PLEASER

Gal 1:10
10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
NIV
The rub, do I can if people think I am a wonderful, smart, loving, kind, compassionate, good Christian? I do care if I am the salt of the Earth. I do care if I am the light of the World. I do care if I am a mirror who reflects God to people. But that is pleasing to God and may not be to people. If I preach the gospel, if I speak up about my faith, if I tell people what the Bible says about something, I do find many people are not pleased by want I say. Mostly the unbelievers are the ones who give me grief regarding the Word of God. Sometimes they become a little upset and get snippy with me. How do I share the gospel, share my faith, share the love and grace of God and not get them upset? I am not sure that is my concern. If I get this right, I need to keep doing it, so I please my Lord, rather than capitulate to an unbeliever for the sake of pleasing them. That old saying about you can know a Christians by the footprints on his face is not a good saying at all. I cannot allow people to push me into pleasing them for the sake of being a nice guy, or having them tell me that I am not a very good Christian because I cause arguments in conversations with them, or I get preachy, and that isn’t good. I really do think the concept that men love darkness and the word exposes their own sin to themselves and they don’t like it and refuse to receive it, and try to make me out the bad guy because I talk about it. No, I have to please my Lord and I have to speak up whenever the opportunity is there no matter the fallout. I am a servant of Christ, not a servant of people. I do not want to be known as a people pleaser, I want to be known as a God pleaser.