“For behold, you should not have feared man more than God”
It strikes me that this is a sentence that, due to the situation in which it was spoken or written or received, refers not to fear of threat, or danger, or misuse of power from others, but to a fear of displeasing someone who has a strong desire that you do something, that seems reasonable to him, and maybe even within reason to you when, in fact, when you asked the Lord about it, He advised you not to do that thing.
The desire to please someone, or to avoid disharmony, or to not rock the boat, or to give way to authority, power, or age or experience, or to support, as a friend or relation, someone else’s proposed plans (which desires are not uncommon) should never be of greater value to me than my determination and desire to do that which the Lord has lovingly, personally counseled me to do when I have asked Him for guidance on the decision at hand.
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