Why do we do what we do and why do we say what we say? As humans we aspire to greatness. We are constantly wondering what the people around us are thinking and let us be honest... we dictate our actions according to those guide lines. Everything we do around us i actually for the people that witnesses or experience the effects of our actions. Rejection is a powerful emotion in all species, especially humans and so we do everything we can to avoid it. Paul has a different opinion thou.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 "but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts."The other day I walked past a person on campus and we made eye contact. Now at that brief moment I realized I wasn't smiling so I quickly changed my facial expression and smiled. This person smiled back. As soon as he passed I started thinking, did I smile because I want people to experience me as friendly or did I smile because I not only know my Savior lives, but I want to showcase the joy He gave me? That was when I realized that I didn't have a smile naturally because my focus was wrong as well as my motives. So many times we are polite or say things not because we want to honor God, but because we want approval from man.
1 Samuel 16:7 "But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”God has never been impressed by acts because He knows the intentions of our hearts. We are Hid creations and so our sole purpose should be to bring Him honor and glory. Let's do, whatever we do, to the glory of God and not to the approval of man!
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