What Other People Think About Me

We are living in times when people have the tendency to be influenced by what other people think about them. I often ask myself these questions, “Am I trying to please man or am I trying to please God?” Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to obtain the favor of men and why? If I were still trying to seek the favor of men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. So, who am I and whose am I? For what purpose do I live? I finally concluded, it’s not my business what other people think about me because I belong to God. In God I trust, and it is my greatest desire to please God in all I do and say. I choose to love God with all my heart and soul never trying to understand the depth of divine love but just to embrace it without conditions by grace. LORD, I ask, how can I please you today and always? Please, show me the way; I am listening and waiting.

Job 13:15-17 (NKJV)

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him. He also shall be my salvation, for a hypocrite could not come before Him. Listen carefully to my speech, and to my declaration with your ears. See now, I have prepared my case, I know that I shall be vindicated.