Who Am I Trying to Please?

I sometimes worry so much about what others think of me. I know there is a part of my job that will be successful if I am that type of person that is likable. But then there are other times that I go out of my way and spend lots of energy trying to maintain a relationship or a status with a person or people that drains my energy. People who do not have the same goal of having that type of relationship with me.

Is this bad? Well Paul covers this somewhat in 2nd Timothy 2:4
"No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier."

I am to please God today. Anything that comes in my life be it television, computer, phone or even relationshionships that hinder me from doing my job as a "soldier in active service" for God needs to be removed. I need to have my mind set on pleasing HIM! Being able to end the day and looking up to heaven and asking, "God, did I do everything today the way You wanted it done?"

Prayer:
"Lord, only You know what I will face today. The good and the bad. I pray that when this day is over and I lay my head down on my pillow that you will be able to look down and say, 'Mickey, good job today. You represented me well!"