Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Think about how many things we do to please others...For one, putting on make up. This can be good...It's good to look nice, but some times people put too much on, so that if they weren't wearing any then you would have no idea who they were. Think about losing weight. This can also be good, because our bodies are the temple of God, and we should stay healthy, but if the reason why someone wants to lose weight is because they want to impress some one, then it can get too serious, and that's not good. A lot of the people you meet, say that lady you pass on the way to school/work or the cashier at the grocery store, or the waiter at a restaurant, are ones that you will probably never see again. So, some times, the impression you leave on them doesn't really matter, because they may just barely notice you. (but just in case it does, it should be one that suggests you are full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. -the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23) But even the people who are where you live now are ones that in 50 years you might barely remember. If these are people who you will not know in 50 years, then why does it matter how you look? Why try to impress them when they're just going to die some day? I hate to phrase it like that, but it's true. Our final Judge will be God. Sure, people on Earth will judge you, many times unfairly, but in the end they too will end up before God, in the final judgment. So what does it matter what some one who you probably won't even know in 50 years, maybe even 20, thinks about you, when your final Judge will be the Creator of everything? God made us all in His image, that means we are beautiful. Maybe you think you're ugly, or fat, or not "cool" enough, but we have been made perfect through Jesus' blood (we still make mistakes, but because Jesus died for us we can be saved and made stainless), and that means that in God's eyes we are beautiful. Why worry about what some other human thinks about you when you already have someOne who loves you, and that Someone happens to be...GOD!
Don't ever forget that God loves you no matter what, and because of that it doesn't matter what other people think about you. Be yourself.
God loves you. He always has and He always will. Don't worry what other people think. Your final Judge will be God.
Luke 6:37
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Remember:
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