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Who Will You Please?

  Who will you please?  The question rings down to your ears.  Will you obey God, or men?  This is a very important question.  There will come a time when we must decide whether to obey the commands of men, or the commands of God.  Who will you choose?  
  You must choose one.  “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other” (Matthew 6:24).  “For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10).  There are some times when you can obey God and man at the same time, but that is only when you are really obeying God.  When the commands of men go against the law of God, what will you do then?  Will you go with men?  It is easier to obey the commands of men.  It makes for an easier life on earth.  
  But are we staying on earth forever?  No!  We have the hope of heaven ahead.  But that is only if we walk with God in obedience to Him.  If we have hard trials on this earth because we obey God rather than men, is it worth it?  Yes, it is!  Paul said, “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”  Romans 8:18  Did Paul have an easy life?  No.  But did he give up either?  No.  “And he [Christ] said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9-10)     Paul would rather glory in his infirmities than escape them, that the power of Christ’s strength could rest upon him.  He would have rather died than given up his Jesus.  
  Paul is not the only one that would obey God rather than men.  “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).  The apostles would too.  And the apostles aren’t the only ones either.  Think of the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace, think of Daniel, Jeremiah, Noah, Joseph, Moses, and all the rest of the people in the Bible who would rather obey God than men.  
  The question is still hanging.  Who will you please?  Who will you obey?  Will you obey God?  Or will you obey men?  Don’t leave off on your decision.  Make it straight and plain.  “Choose you this day whom ye will serve” (Joshua 24:15).  Don’t delay!  “Behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).  I say, choose Christ!  You will find you could make no better decision!
  Christ is waiting for your decision!

  ~Lilienne Stafford

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