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| Ashley & Susmitha |
Someone once said, “At twenty, we worry what everyone thinks
of us. At forty, we don’t care what anyone thinks of us. At sixty, we realize
no one was even thinking of us!” If we are honest with ourselves, we spend
plenty of time worrying about what others are thinking and seeking to please
them. We run the risk of being less ‘real’ about who we are in order to meet
the expectations of those around us.
Would you admit to being a people pleaser? Here are some
signs that you may fit into that category:
You are often motivated by a sense of duty and obligation
rather than desire.
You’re afraid what people will think if you don’t meet their
expectations.
You aren’t completely truthful with others about who you
really are.
You say you like things that you really don’t like.
You agree with that don’t sit well with you.
Winston Churchill was a great model for being oblivious to
public opinion. The Puritans, though disliked by many, are admired for their
conviction-driven lifestyles. They were tightly focused in the belief that all
of life was to be lived “By faith, to the glory of God!” They lived to please
the Father and no one else.
John the Baptist was a great example of living before an
Audience of One. He was a radical man of God. He didn’t feel the need to fit
in, be popular, or please people. His attire of camel hair was out of fashion,
and his call to repentance was not pleasing to the ears of the Pharisees and
Sadducees
“John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a
leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went
out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the
whole region of the Jordan.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan
River. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who
warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with
repentance. And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our
father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for
Abraham” (Matthew 3:4-9)
Would you join me in praying for a renewed passion to live
before an audience of One, honoring Him, regardless of the cost?
“If I love Jesus personally and passionately, I can serve
humanity though they treat me like a doormat.” --Oswald Chambers
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