Focus on Pleasing God

As believers we should focus on pleasing God even if it causes us to be disliked by men because it is not necessary to get people to like you as long as God is for you. Take Joseph. Pharaoh did not like Joseph. In fact, in Genesis 43:32 we read that “the waiters served Joseph at his own table, and his brothers were served at a separate table. The Egyptians who ate with Joseph sat at their own table, because Egyptians despise Hebrews and refuse to eat with them”. So, even where the Egyptians hated Joseph, he still had rule over them because without Joseph they could not survive the famine because God was with him. So, even where you are surrounded by your enemies, don’t give them attitude. Instead focus on pleasing God because God has promised to “prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies”-Psalm 23:5. You see, “When a man’s ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him”-Proverbs 16:7.