A Little Thought

Galatians 1:10 reads "Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God?  Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men I would not be a servant of Christ."
I read this while I was at YL camp as a leader.  And I could hear God saying "Hey Opher, read that carefully.  Paul brings up a good point.  So, I want you to really think about why you are here at Rockbridge this week." 
Oh, God knows how to call us out all right.  But Paul is right with what he writes.  Am I a YL leader so people will think I am a good person, or do I do YL Capernaum so people will think I have a "great heart"? (whatever that means)  I feel I do most things for God but there are moments where I want that approval of men.  I feel that we all have those moments.  But Paul is saying here that the moment we start searching for the approval else where that we are not being the servant that Christ asks us to be.  And yeah, its nice to know people are appreciative of what we are doing and it helps to keep us going.  But we should not do things just to receive compliments or to be viewed in a certain light.
Just a thought I wanted to share.
Love y'all
Opher