Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with holy fire in your eyes:

“Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone – and even by the truth itself.”
(3 John 1:12)

It’s not enough to have everybody like me, is it, Jesus?

Popularity isn’t the criterion for who pleases You.

The opinions of the crowd are like the blowing of the wind –

first it blows this way
then it blows that.

For awhile I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread
but let me do one thing they don’t like

and I’m toast.

Doesn’t matter whether what I did was right.

They don’t care!

All they care about

is how it affects them.

If it enhances

their pleasure
their comfort
their sense of fairness
their bottom line

they’re fine with it.

But if it inconveniences them

requires sacrifice
demands unexplained trust

forget it.

The crowd is fickle.

You’re not.

So I have to decide whom to live for:

You…

or the crowd.

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Micah 7:6-7; Matthew 10:24-39; Mark 8:34-38; Mark 11:27-33; John 5:41; John 12:42-43; Romans 2:29; Romans 10:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:2-6; 2 Timothy 1:15; Hebrews 11:24-26

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.