Die To The Opinions Of Men

Psalm 107:4  They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. 

All who fight the Lord's battles must be content to die to the favorable opinions of men and the flattery of human praise. 

We cannot make an exception even in favor of the good opinions of the children of God. 

It is very easy for the insidious adversary to make this also an appeal to the flesh.
It is all right when God sends us the approval of our fellow men...

However, we must never make that approval a motive in our life. 

All such motives are poison and deprive us of the strength with which we are to give glory to God. 

Rather, we must be content with the solitary way and the lonely wilderness.
The man of God must walk alone with God. 

He must be content in the realization that God knows all things. 

It is such a relief to the natural man within us to fall back upon human countenances and human thoughts...

And sympathy that we often deceive ourselves and think it "brotherly love"...

When, in fact, we are just resting in the earthly sympathy of some fellow worm!

~A. B. Simpson