People Pleaser

Are you a people pleaser? Do you go out of your way to please everyone and then complain when they don’t appreciate it? Do you worry about what people think about you? Are you afraid they will no longer like you if you don’t go above and beyond to help them? We talked about this in our Sunday night Home Group recently.

A lot of people have a fear of rejection. Some will do anything to get the approval of others even if it means wearing themselves out and neglecting their own families or their own needs in the process. When will we learn that we can’t please everyone? Even Jesus couldn’t please the people who knew him best. He wasn’t accepted in his own hometown.

"Jesus told them, 'A prophet has little honor in his hometown, among his relatives, on the streets he played in as a child.' Jesus wasn’t able to do much of anything there—he laid hands on a few sick people and healed them, that’s all. He couldn’t get over their stubbornness. He left and made a circuit of the other villages, teaching." Mark 6:4-6 The Message

I’m sure Jesus wasn’t trying to please people for He only wanted to please His Heavenly Father. It seemed no matter what He did; how many people He healed, the people could not be pleased. Maybe we should quit trying to please everyone else and just do the will of our Heavenly Father.

It’s pretty easy to please our Heavenly Father. It’s much easier than it is to please other people. And, after all, being pleasing to Him is all that really matters when this life is over.

“And now just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust him, too, for each day’s problems; live in vital union with him. Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him. See that you go on growing in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with joy and thanksgiving for all he has done.” Colossians 2:6-7 TLB