"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10 (NIV)
In his letter to the Galatians, the Apostle Paul asked the rhetorical question, am I trying to please men or please God? Acknowledging that he used to try to please men, but he makes it clear that if he were still trying to please men, then he would not be a servant of Christ.
If we are honest with ourselves, we like getting the approval of our fellow man. We do things for "show" which we feel make us look good in the eyes of men. The problem is we cannot please man and please God at the same time. If we would act and speak in such a way as to please God, then pleasing our mate, our boss, and our friends would be taken care of. People who do not approve of our God pleasing behavior are probable not the kind of people that we should be associating with anyway. The Bible says that we can't serve two masters; we can't serve God and serve man at the same time. (Matthew 6:24) It appears that the same it true for pleasing God and man. We must each choose who will try to please. My suggestion is please choose wisely.
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