Call to Christlikenss (sel.)

Genuine faith must choose betweenthe apparent and the genuine.
Appearances are all-important to phony Christians. Genuine 'walkers-with-God' have as their first concern thereality of staying near Him; and secondarily only 'what it will seemto other people.'Too often we worship the big, the booming, the shiny. God-centered faith is willing to be thought a failure so far ason-looking people may be concerned!
Paul was a man who certainly pleased God. But listen to thesewords he wrote to the Corinthian church (I Co. 4:11): "To this presenthour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and areroughly treated, and are homeless..."
Paul was not a modern-day success story. He didn't have a stretch limo tocarry him from pulpit to pulpit!
. Until we settle it to please God first we will probablycontinue to have troubles with prosperous evil people, and with hypocrites in the church, and with do-nothing professing Christians. But if we make it our business to walk with Jesus we won't stayfrustrated by people for too long! There are greater things in life than what PEOPLE think!