Who am I really aiming to please through this?

So I’m sensing a mini theme here and I promise that it won't last forever but I'm just following my Father on this one, so stick with me.

I was reading in 1 Corinthians the other night with a couple friends and we found this verse that knocked the wind out us (or at least it did that for me). It's in chapter 10 and it says "I'm not going to walk around on eggshells worrying about what small minded people might say; I'm going to stride free and easy, knowing what our large minded Master has already said." Now I know what small-minded means but I looked it up anyways...have narrow interests (duh Britt), marked by pettiness and meanness (now we're getting somewhere). Right there is my opposition. It's as simple as that really, there are going to people in my life that are going to disagree with decisions that I'll be making from here on out but they're going to have to talk to my Father about that because He just said that I don't need to worry about what they're saying. Would I like for everybody to be behind me 100%? You bet! But lets be realistic, there are people in my own family that won't understand the calling that's been placed on me. It breaks my heart, but I'm believing that they'll have a change of heart and see me the way the Lord does...as His servant. But if you continue reading in verse 10 it says to not worry about what others are saying about you because your life's purpose isn't to please them.

Yesterday I sacrificed myself and my own wants and desires so that the Lord could do what He wants with them. Today I have to sacrifice my opposition, though right now they don't seem like that (and they may not even know it yet). It's not going to be easy, but it also wouldn't be much of a sacrifice if it didn't bring a little pain right?

On the other side of that the verse says that our Master and Father is large minded, and that He's ALREADY spoken. Part of the Greek translation of large-minded means proud. He's proud of me and He's proud of anybody that sits and listens to Him. That seems so simple and it is. But at the same time it's crazy to know that He thinks about me like that (and by crazy I mean crazy-awesome!) Also, before I was born He spoke all of this over me because He knew that I'd be sitting here in bed tonight struggling with wanting the support that I think I need. But in Him I have all the support I need. Anything else is overflow and so so so great!