My whole life I have been focused on pleasing others. This has led to some pretty dramatic consequences because I get so caught up in making sure someone else is happy and someone else’s needs are met.
But today, I was praying and I heard Ephesians 6 in my heart. Not knowing exactly what to expect, I started reading. Once I got to verses 6-8, I knew what the Lord was trying to tell me.
“Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord.”
This is flipping my world view. I guess I’ve known for a while that pleasing God should be my ultimate goal, but I always thought I could please God by making His children happy. This is not really the case. God should be the only one that I serve whole-heartedly and then making others happy will follow, not the other way around.
