The Decision

It's amazing that NBA can get more attention during it's off-season than baseball. All of this attention was because of one man, LeBron James. Regardless of your opinion about the news circus that followed his decision or the 'special' TV show put on by ESPN, there is a redeeming quality to this story.

James had tons of people grabbing at him. Every team, city, and fan wanted him to come to their city. Around 5 or 6 different teams courted James like they were looking for their future mate. Most commentators felt sorry for the people of Cleveland, OH the city where James was drafted and the state where the child prodigy was born and raised. Everyone in that state of Ohio wanted their beloved first son to stay home and bring them a championship.

Instead of folding and doing what everyone else wanted to do, James did what he wanted to do. He didn't allow people to make his decision for him. He could've easily crumbled under the pressure of trying to please everyone else. But he didn't. He made the decision that was best for him, his family, and his career.

People pleasing leads us to nowhere. People pleasing causes us to waste energy doing things that don't matter. It also affects our identity that we can only find in our heavenly Father. In people pleasing we lose ourselves and try to conform to everyone else's image of who they think we should be. In trying to please everyone, we end up pleasing no one. It's impossible to please everyone at all times.

If God has given you a task or an idea, then go out and complete that task or see that idea become a reality. It may not be the popular thing to do but go against the grain when you know that its God calling you to the task or its a God breathed idea. Decide to fear God more than you fear man. Don't fold under the pressure of doing what everyone else wants you to do. Don't fold under the pressure of doing what everyone else thinks you should be doing.