If  I do what is right and pleasing to God I be rejected by men but I will be kept by God. 

A Heart That Wants To Please God Rather Than Man

  Lord my desire is to please You.

Help me to be strong no matter what others say or do.

I long to obey only You.

Help me to be strong no matter what my mind or flesh tells me to do.

To tame the tongue is impossible they say.

But I know the truth with You there is always a hope and a way.

I will fight the good fight day after day.

Praying that You always over me have perfect sway.

Aim To Please

We aim to please is a slogan that has gone around a long time. It is good to give good service be it serving a customer, serving, a relative, a neighbor or a friend. Everyone appreciates good service. And when I please someone I feel good about what I did. Wanting to please comes second nature, children at different stages of development want to please their parents. Teens like to do things that please their friends. Grown ups want to please their bosses. Most of what is behind this kind of  pleasing is trying to keep peace with others and be accepted and sometimes love. There is a time when aiming to please is dangerous. When I place keeping peace, and being accepted above what's right. When I care more about what others think or how I will be treated, than what God thinks and if  God will accept me or what I did. This is known as being a man pleaser rather than a God pleaser. When I am a man pleaser I leave myself open to lying, and deceitfulness and a host of other ungodly ways. This may come about by lying to keep peace, or deceiving someone to keep peace. Even if the motives is to keep someone from being hurt, or disgraced it still feels wrong. I believe that I can speak the truth in love and still keep people from being hurt or disgraced, I believe that I can do this and still keep peace. But only if I seek God for what to say. That means I must stop and listen for and to Him. And if  I am pressed for a quick answer or I don't hear from Him then I should say nothing rather than be a liar. I know that this means that I may not always be accepted, maybe I wont always be able to keep peace, but I will be pleasing to God and that means more to me than life. I thank God that my conscience is not so seared that I don't notice or feel bad about the tiniest fib or deceit in my life. I intend to always speak the truth in love for the good of  all and that I may be right and pleasing to God. The bible show that to tame the tongue is just about impossible, but I believe with God all things are possible. So here I am and will be in daily battle until I have victory through Jesus who strengthens me. For I am determined to no more be a man pleaser but to be a God pleaser no matter what the cost.

If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is useless. James 1:26, All liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire...Revelations 21:8, Not with eye service, as men pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men, Ephesians 6:6-7, Speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head Christ. Ephesians 4:15, Therefore, putting away lying, let each one speak truth with his neighbor for we are members of one another. Ephesians 4:25.

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