The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Proverbs 29:25 (ESV)
“We replace God with people. Their opinions, possible opinions, attitudes or withholding of love becomes YOUR master.” —Ed Welch
PITFALLS OF PEOPLE PLEASING
1. I MISS GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE
2. I MAKE GOD SEEM SMALL
3. I BECOME EXHAUSTED
1. I MISS GOD’S PURPSOE FOR MY LIFE
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.
Gal. 1:10 (ESV)
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:18 (ESV)
2. I MAKE SEEM SMALL
Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
I Sam. 15:24 (ESV)
3. I BECOME EXHAUSTED
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Rom. 14:17 (ESV)
The promise of glory is the promise, almost incredible and only possible by the work of Christ, that some of us, that any of us who really chooses … shall find approval, shall please God. To please God … to be a real ingredient in the divine happiness … to be loved by God, not merely pitied, but delighted in as an artist delights in his work or a father in a son — it seems impossible, a weight or burden of glory which our thoughts can hardly sustain. But so it is. —C.S. Lewis
BREAKING FREE FROM PEOPLE PLEASING
…but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.
Prov. 29:25 (ESV)
TRUST GOD WITH WHO HE MADE YOU TO BE
TRUST GOD BY VALUING WHAT IS ETERNAL
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever
1 John 2:12 (ESV)TRUST GOD BY LIVING FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE