Hey Gang,

As you live and lead who do you desire to please - who do you purpose to please?  This question must be answered by all Christ-followers and more specifically leaders in ministry.  If we do not answer the question deliberately we will by default.  Make your decision!  The Apostle Paul said, “If I wanted to please men I would not be a follower of Christ.” There is no way to please people and the Potentate of Heaven at the same time, so choose.

The bottom line is you can never please everyone so just put a smile on the face of the Savior.  As a pastor it does not matter what I do, someone is not going to like it.  I get emails weekly about almost every weekend from someone that is mad.  I guess that’s good because it happened to our Lord and we are to follow His example. I’m convinced if I gave one thousand dollar bills away someone would complain about how they were folded.  So, the best deal is to please the One that called us.

At the end of the day we will stand before Jesus as Lord and be judged.  Smart money bets on pleasing Him now!  Beware of trying to make everyone happy, it is impossible.  Remember the bigger the Church the more people that will be mad at you. Check your insecurity at the door or it will kill your leadership and put a frown on the face of our Heavenly Father.

Just a thought!

Love Ya,

Pastor