It's Not Sugar Coated

"Obviously I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant." Galatians 1:10 

"May the words I say and the things I do make my lifesong sing bring a smile to you....Lord I give my life a living sacrifice to reach a world in need to be your hands and feet." -Lifesong Casting Crowns

Who is it that I live for? Why do I put so much energy in pleasing the world? I put so much effort in trying to be the person everyone else wants to be that I get lost and I don't know the true me. The funny thing about all of this is that the answer is in front of my eyes has been and will always be. In order to find my true identity I must seek God in all I do. He is the one who truly knows me and by seeking him I will find myself. 

One of the things that I constantly pray for is revealed word. The day that I read Galatians 1:10 I was jumping for joy. It smacked me in the face and I was so excited to share it with anyone who would listen. These words though very few ring clear. My goal in life isn't to please people, but to please my God. There are times in my life where I have this whole pride thing that gets in my way. I am afraid of what "people" will think. I am worried about their judgement. I want to look in the mirror and laugh at myself. Why should I be afraid and why should I worry about their opinions that will die away with the world. They are so temporary. Yeah they feel like a jab to my beaten hurt, but does that really matter? What would God say? Isn't his opinion more worthy? He has put me into this world to share his Good News. The Good News that "Jesus Christ a descendant of King David rose from the dead." (2 Timothy 2:8) He is the way the truth and the life no one can come to the Father except through him. Because he died on a cross for mankind we have liberty from sin and from death. Jesus never sugar coated the christian way of living. In fact he told his disciples that they would be hated, persecuted, beaten, locked up, and killed. Did that stop them? No, and it won't stop me either. It's a hard life, but the promise is that "if we endure hardship for him, we will reign with him." (2 Timothy 2:12) What's better than living a life for the King of Kings and inheriting his kingdom?

 ²⁴ “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other." Matthew 6:24