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“The thing was right in the eyes of all the people” (1 Chronicles 13:4).
“And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them” (Mark 15:15).
Perhaps you are not just pleasing yourself as we saw yesterday. But how about trying to gain favor, and make yourself look good in the eyes of others? Are you living to please others, and to get their approval?
David’s plan in 1 Chronicles 13 ended in death and disaster when he tried to transport the ark of God according to his own ideas and to please the people. It was accompanied by singing and music and all seemed very good, but it was not right in the eyes of God.
And poor Pilate. He was willing to please the people, but in doing so, he crucified the Son of God, and went himself into eternal destruction.
Yes, we want to be kind and accommodating to our fellowman, but not to have their approval as our object.
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