Away with the Men-pleasers

Ephesians 6:5 says..."Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart"

I love this verse, but I fear that sometimes I am a "man-pleaser"

We learn so much about the mind of Christ from this verse. The Lord loves sincerity, he looks at the heart, and he hates it when people "suck-up to men". You know what "sucking-up" is, right? He wants our behavior to be the same in the presence of authority as when we are alone. He expects us to act in a consistent manner, no matter who is looking. At the core, He is interested in the state of our heart; the purity of our motives. He is actually not concerned at all at what men do in public when they are on display, but the Lord is interested in the purity of our faith and interest in obedience when no one is looking. Why? Because He loves sincerity, heart worship toward Him.

I don't want to be a man-pleaser, but I fear that at times I am. Lord may I be who you want me to be - in my heart.