Galatians 1:10 KJV
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
We all get so caught up in out daily lives. We have many people that we find ourselves answering to each day: spouses, parents, friends, bosses, etc.
Don’t forget, above all, you have to answer to Lord Jesus Christ. We will all stand before Him one day, and we will all have our lives evaluated by Him.
So, above all, seek to please Jesus, for He alone is the greatest Master of them all. And it is His opinion that matters the most.
At times it is going to directly disagree with what the world wants you to do. At times it will put you at odds with the ones you care about. At times it will cost you to lose things in your life.
Jesus told us up front it would be difficult. He never promised us that it would be easy to follow Him, but He did promise us victory if we do.
The world is death. Jesus is the way to life.
Luke 9:23-24 KJV
23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luke 12:4-5 KJV
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Matthew 10:34-35 KJV
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
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