Do you struggle with the deep-seated need for personal image? (91-5)
Yesterday we looked at David’s choice to be a God-pleasing leader instead of a people-pleasing leader. Today we look at the actions of a people-pleaser. Read 2 Samuel 6:16 and 20-23.
Michal was King Saul’s daughter and as one of David’s wives, she had a fair amount of influence in the palace. She had grown up as royalty and was trained to be very image-conscious. When she saw David’s display dancing before God and the common people in his undergarments, she turned on David and ripped him for acting so unsophisticated. In verse 20 she states, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
Michal felt ashamed of David because she believed his actions had a direct bearing about how people would see her. Michal worried more about image than authenticity. As a people-pleaser Michal needed to guard her family’s reputation at all cost. Michal lived with positional authority and could not risk relying on personal authority. When a leader focuses on image and appearance more than substance, they wind up with shallow spirits.
Are you able to demonstrate your belief system openly in your leadership seeking to please God or do you struggle with the deep- seated need for personal image?
Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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