John 12 42 Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they did not confess it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
Why do we get caught up in wanting to have others speak well of us.? Why do we fear others opinions and our reputation in their eyes?
Simply put…the fear of man. I think a more detailed answer would be vision and time perspective.
We only see about an hour into the future. If we would live in light of eternity many of our selfish problems would diminish if not disappear.
Another way to say this is that we live for the wrong audience. Our only audience should be that we know God has His loving watch over us and He delights in us. He offers grace, mercy, forgiveness and future with Him.
Seek more that we live for the glory of God than glory from man.
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