If you live your life for the approval of others, you'll end up disappointed.
What did Jesus do for people? He literally healed the blind and sick and spent his life teaching people about how much God loved them. In the end, they turned on him -- not because of who he was, but because he wasn't who they expected him to be. He was perfect, but their expectations were wrong. So they cried out for his crucifixion.
If your measure of success if how well people like you, at some point, you'll find yourself in a place like this, thinking about how hard you tried to please everyone, and you'll end up let down, even if you did nothing wrong on your own. People are complicated. I'm complicated. You're complicated. The things we strive for on this earth, if they are not God, they'll let us down.
However, the vision God paints in Scripture is that of a God who wants to fill us with peace and joy. If we empty ourselves for God, God will fill us with grace and love. Empty yourself for anything else, and it'll only demand more. God, however, wants to come in to you and fill every nook and cranny of your life with himself, which will ultimately leave us more fulfilled than our minds can imagine.
Every day, every moment is a choice. What are we chasing?
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