5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
"Not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers..." These are the words that jumped out for me this morning. How often don't I do things, looking for people to be happy with me, looking for ways to feel good about myself?? But a second look at these verses helps me see that it's more important what God thinks of me, than what others, or even myself, think of me! What I know about God, it that He loves me! He loves me so much that He sent His Son to die for me, to pay the price that I can't do myself. Thank you God for the blood of Your Son washing away my sins and making it so that I can have a relationship with You again.
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