“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be kept safe.” Proverbs 29:25

Do you care more about what other people think or what God thinks? We all want people to like us and to have favor with men. But sometimes we can care so much about what others might think of us that it causes us to shy away from doing the things God wants of us. “They will think I’m crazy.” We tell ourselves when God wants us to share the gospel message. Let me tell you what God thinks about you. First off there wouldn’t be an earth if God didn’t want people to love. He made everything with you in mind and you were his crowning achievement. Made in his image. No other creation can say that not even the angels. He made the Milky Way galaxy for you and the beautiful sunrise every morning just for you. You know he wants you to get to know him personally. Oh, he knows each person by name and everything about them. Before you were ever conceived he knew everything about you, male or female, black or white, tall or short, rich or poor, he planned your life perfectly and he never makes mistakes. He knew how many hours you would be alive and what you would become. An astronaut, a ballerina, a chef. He has great plans for you. He loves you so much. Just like all parents love their children, but he is going to adopt you and give you everything he has and he owns the cattle on a thousand hills and he is also the most powerful King there ever was. Nothing you could ever do could make him love you more than he already does. Even when you mess up and aren’t perfect he loves you. If nobody existed but you he would have still had his son die for you to be reconciled to himself. What other people think doesn’t really matter much, but they do need to know how much he loves them also and if nobody tells them how will they know? He loves them just as much as you. He only had one son but he has a huge mansion and he wants a huge family all adopted just like you. Anyone can join this family by just asking him to be their King too.