No Better
I like to think that I am my own
person, that I am not influenced by popular opinion. I find that I look down on the politicians
for watching the polls instead of having some backbone and standing by his/her
convictions. Yet, I discovered that I fall into the same trap. I find myself checking to see how many "likes"
a Facebook post gets, how many friends I have, how many "likes" on my
author page, how many people visited my website. I like being liked, I hate
being hated. I want to be popular. I
want my books to sell. I want my stuff to go "viral."
The point God showed me is that I
should not be concerned about how many respond.
I am simply to share what He has brought to my heart's attention. If God
can use it, that is the main thing. If
others like it, that is a bonus. Just
because a post didn't get the "likes" I would like, doesn't mean that
it was anemic.
I am humbled by the idea that I
am no better than the politicians looking at the polls. Repentance time!
"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." Galatians 1:10.
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