I just finished reading the book When people are Big and God is small, by Edward, T. Welch. It was a really good book that looked at how we value those around us and fear them instead of fearing God. Welch moved through helping the reader to see how they are dependent on others and their opinion and how we can replace that fear with the fear of God.
The point of this post is not to provide a book review(even though I found it to be good book and recommend that you read it). I just wanted to highlight that we are so often dependent on others. We value their opinions, we want to be loved and appreciated by others. BUT instead of being dependant on others, we should depend on God. Instead of worrying about what other people think we should be thinking about what God thinks. Instead of wanting to be loved by others we should want to be loved by God, want to love God and want to share that love with others.
So instead of worrying about others and what they think, fill your self with the fear of God. Learn how to be in awe of God, learn to be amazed by what he has done. Learn that even though he is an all powerful, all knowing God, He loves you and He protects his children.
