Strange to say and sad to say, we who know the Lord are many times guilty of fearing “the reproach of men,” as if such reproach was of eternal consequence. We forget that “the fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.” Suppose that we are reproached of men because of our trust in the Lord, or suppose that we are reviled because we “walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,” is it not better to have the Lord’s approval than to have the approval of men? “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man,” even the best of men. “Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” “The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me,” and “Thou shalt hide them in the secret of Thy presence from the pride of man: Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.” “My help cometh from the Lord.”
Kept from man’s anger, kept from his hate,
Kept by God’s power and grace,
We look above to Jesus our Lord,
With no need to fear man’s face.
Prov. 29:25; Eph. 4:17; Psa. 118:8; Isa. 2:22; Heb. 13:6; Psa. 31:20; 121:2.