I had read through the book of Galatians twice. As I started again for my third time, the Holy Spirit stopped me at verse 10. It says, “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.”

As I read, “…do I seek to please men?” The Holy Spirit gave me this insight. When we seek to please ourselves, we are pleasing men. Hmm. What is a men pleaser? Someone who is self-centered. They think of themselves first.

There is an excellent picture of a servant’s role in Luke 17:7-10. The servant has worked all day plowing or tending sheep. I can imagine he is exhausted. Then he has to immediately serve his master. 

Verse 8 says, “…Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink…”

1 Thessalonians 2:4 says, “…even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.” The Lord knows our true motives.