CHRIST FIRST

Lectionary text: Galatians 1:10 - Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

I need to ask myself this question every now and then:
        Is my desire to please the Lord, or is it mortal men
and women whose approval has become my foremost goal?
        To put Christ first in everything is a disciples’s role.
If by the favor of mere mortals I can be enticed,
        I can no longer claim to be a slave of Jesus Christ.