I read an article recently (I can’t find it again so I can’t link it. When I do find it again I will edit this post). Anyway…..
The article called ‘people pleasing’ a form of ‘pride’.
This caught me off guard. I never thought myself prideful. To me being prideful meant creating a ‘look at me’ attitude. But people pleasing? That is definitely me. I have always tried to make everyone happy, to the expense of my own happiness.
Now I have to consider one is the same as the other. It got me thinking.
1 Thessalonians 4:1 instructs us to live to ‘please God’. Galatians 1:10 asks “am I trying to please God, or man?” I am now asking myself this very question.
I think it is time to re-evaluate my thinking. What are your thoughts? Is pleasing others a prideful thing?
August 25, 2014 at 5:14 pm
BearyAnn, that’s a good question. God looks at the heart. So, what is my intention when I am doing for others? Even “doing for others as you would have them do for you” can be a selfish act. I’ve learned this by evaluating my intentions. I have to say that many times I get something out of it, but we’re human. Let us serve the Lord by serving others, with brotherly devotion, expecting nothing in return.
I know I’ve heard/read that, perhaps in the Word of God and in a teaching. It’s a good question.