Audience of One

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant[a] of Christ. Galatians 1:10, ESV

In the passage above Paul is speaking to those from the church in Galatia. He was reminding them that they cannot save themselves through the Mosaic law. Some men had come to the church telling the men of Galatia that they needed to follow the Mosaic law and be circumcised to be saved. Paul then tells them that they are not to do things to please man, but to please God.

At times in our lives many things can cause us to take our eyes off of pleasing God and to look at pleasing man. I have this cookie business and I remember that this one particular company asked me to make a specific cookie for their store. I agreed and made the requested cookie for their store. They were so pleased with the product that they asked me if they could have it specifically for their stores only. They had agreed to do all the promoting of the cookie so their customers would know it was there and the cookie would sell well. 

I was so focused on pleasing this client that I did not look to making the cookie to please God. I did not even check in with God to see if this was a flavor God wanted me to create! So after several months of the client consistently purchasing the cookies, they just stopped ordering the cookies. When I contacted them I got know answer. I went to God to see what I had done wrong. He sent me a word telling me to tell him “Thank you” for the closed door and to seek him for direction. My focus was on pleasing them and not on pleasing God!

Although, I was excited to do the best I could to please the client, the first person that was to  seek approval from was God. If we seek to please him then we are guaranteed everything; whatever we do will work out just fine. Scripture says to, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these other things will be added unto you.” 

If we keep our audience to one, he will take care of all the things we are concerned about.

Take aways:

Focus on the Audience of One.

Direction comes from the Audience of One.

Success is unavoidable when the focus is to please the Audience of One.

Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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