Pastor Caleb GallowayEphesians 6:5-8 ESV"Freedom from the Pit of People Pleasing"Why do you do what you do? Is it for the approval of others around you, or is it out of love for God? Your status in Christ liberates you from the crushing demands of people pleasing. In verses 5-6 of Ephesians 6, Paul challenges the church to submit to authority as you would Christ, and to pursue excellence for the glory of Christ. When we change our motivations to obedience as unto Christ we are freed from people pleasing. Ephesians 6:5-8English Standard VersionBondservants and Masters5 Bondservants,[a] obey your earthly masters[b] with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free.