Opinions, opinions...everywhere!

Sometimes it is easy to cower at the opinions of others. Today we are not speaking about when others correct us of sin - or when we try to hide sin - but simply when we are not being ourselves to try to please someone else. The root of this is wanting the approval of man, and the flip side is fear of the disapproval of man. It happens when we take our focus off of solely seeking the approval of God.

Thankfully, once again, Scripture addresses this!

 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10 NASB)

But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. (1 Thessalonians 2:4 NASB)

For they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God. (John 12:43 NASB)

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov 24:10 (KJV)

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,

A people in whose heart is My law;

Do not fear the reproach of man,

Nor be dismayed at their revilings. 

-(Isa 51:7 NASB)