There are people in our families who do right but are not liked. There are good people in our communities but who do not buy it through our hearts.
There are those ladies or men who are just perfect but in all that they do but for some reason, we don’t feel them and however long we date them…we end up not marrying them.
I think I have just learnt that in life doing the right thing does not necessarily mean you will be liked because you do the right thing.
And this actually teaches us that our goal in life shouldn’t be BEING LIKED but instead DOING RIGHT. just keep doing right, you might be appreciated or even punished for doing right but don’t stop.
We preachers love it most when you are preaching to a breathing congregation that is responsive with the: “Amen” “Hallelujah“, “Preach it“, “That’s the word” But now am educated enough to admit that what matters is doing the right thing as opposed to exciting the public to attract their LIKES to you and your work.
Let me shock you a little bit here: Saul was politically a good king but not liked. David was liked by a liked person (Prophet Samuel) and regardless of all the evil that David committed, he was liked.
The recorded mistakes of David are more than those of Saul but still, Saul is presented as bad and David presented as good.
When people are liked, the public will attribute to them even what is not theirs. For instance let me ask: WHO EXACTLY KILLED GOLIATH?
was it young David = 1Samuel 17?
Or Elhanan 2Samuel 21:19 or David slew Goliath and later Elhanan slew Lahmi the Giant brother to Goliath = 1Chron 20:5?
If you argue to the latter, then how come all action happens at Gath?
Many things appeared to be going for David from the outset.
- He was the youngest of all his brothers but worthy to be anointed to be king (16:13)
- Though physically Saul was more handsome than David, David is presented to be with attractive looks (16:12)
- He was a skilled musician (16:16)
- Prudent Speech always in Yahweh’s presence (16:18)
- Best friend to a son of his worst enemy (18:1)
- Sung and celebrated by women (18:7)
- Saul afraid of him and makes him commander (18:12-13)
While Saul acted as the sole character upon whom a transition from a theocracy of a loose Israel confederacy to a monarchy, all this the chronicler (Jewish history writer) ignores and glorifies everything this young man does.
Let me tell you, after Samuel collides and falls out with Saul (significantly in 1Samuel 13 & 15), the politics of the making David the people’s choice begun, and once a Giant fell at the Battlefield, this was an opening for the people’s favourite to enter the palace.
Am not demonising David and trying to beautify Saul, they are both fallen sinners like me, the point am making here is a simple one: DO NOT JUDGE THE RIGHTNESS OF AN ACT, THING OR PERSON BASED ON ITS POPULARITY.
You are not good or bad, right or wrong based on the number of likes and following. All you need to know is that some celebrities are a pawn on the board being moved by a missiological mob.
Our world will respect you because of the numbers following you, you are great and deserve to be hosted on media because of the numbers (quantity) regardless of the quality and these are the modern heroes. They are great and unfortunately, always defended whether they do right or not..as long as they are liked.
Friend, Focus on DOING RIGHT, not on BEING LIKED, the majority of those who focus on being liked, often compromise.
Pr TIM White
The Gospel Hawker
iTiS Well of Worship Fellowship (John 4:24)
iTiS Well of Worship Fellowship (John 4:24) 