"There's trouble ahead when
you live only for the approval of others, saying what flatters them, doing what
indulges them. Popularity contests are not truth contests-look how many
scoundrel preachers were approved by your ancestors! Your task is to be true,
not popular. (Luke 6:26 MSG)
We all get caught up in pleasing the people around us or the people we want to recognize us. God knew we would struggle with this concept and that's exactly why there is a scripture such as this one. God wants us to do what pleases Him and if it gets the approval of others, great! If not we're called to live the same and be okay with the fact that God loves how we are and the approval of others' is small in comparison to His view of us. He wants us to be happy with the way He made us and live freely in who we are. You're free of others' opinions of you today and every day. Don't let opinions hold you back, rather be confident in who God has called you to be and put a smile on your face!!
We all get caught up in pleasing the people around us or the people we want to recognize us. God knew we would struggle with this concept and that's exactly why there is a scripture such as this one. God wants us to do what pleases Him and if it gets the approval of others, great! If not we're called to live the same and be okay with the fact that God loves how we are and the approval of others' is small in comparison to His view of us. He wants us to be happy with the way He made us and live freely in who we are. You're free of others' opinions of you today and every day. Don't let opinions hold you back, rather be confident in who God has called you to be and put a smile on your face!!
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