Good people pleasing versus bad people pleasing.

There's a difference between the two, so how do we know the difference?

We need to figure it out, and we will.

Today, thanks to yet another excellent email question from a listener, the same listener

name Nathaniel.

Bessier John, hello, I need your help on something.

How do I quit seeking to please every person in my life and focus on pleasing God?

I want to apply Galatians 110 to my life.

Can you walk me through what this means?

I'm unable to discover God's plan for me because I'm constantly making decisions based

on how it pleases or displeases everyone around me.

Thank you.

People pleasing is a great problem for many people.

I would say probably for most people, because nobody likes to be criticized.

Nobody likes to be rejected.

We want to be affirmed and admired and accepted.

And therefore, everybody is vulnerable to this temptation.

And when we don't get victory over this temptation of people pleasing, it can become a very

unhealthy, controlling neediness that keeps us in bondage.

Rather than liberating us to do God's will with joy, the first thing I think we need to

do is to clarify what aspects of pleasing others are good and what aspects of pleasing

others are harmful.

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