Popularity

Popularity is something that is distant and unfamiliar to me. I have never been popular, not even in high school, and I've always been cool with that. I guess I never wanted to be popular because of what I seen it do to so many other people. I mean popular girls were not virgins. They had a lot of male attention but also bad reputations and babies out of wedlock. Popular guys were disrespectful thinking the world revolved around them and girls actually fell for these types of dudes. Popular crowds have always been a turn off to me. I can remember as far back as kindergarten being self motivated and starting things on my own rather than following someone else's pattern. It seems that most popular people have a crowd following in behind them or supporting them but for the wrong reasons. I hang on to that scripture in Luke 6:26 that says Woe unto you when all men speak well of you. As a minister of the gospel, I have vowed to myself not to be like any of the popular ministers who get thousands even millions of supporters each year because they teach and preach compromising messages or their lifestyles don't match the message they preach. I refuse to preach on prosperity without preaching against sin. Many folks wanna hear about prosperity and getting wealth in abundance but continue to live ungodly. Not on my watch. At the same time I refuse to preach against sin without preaching about prosperity. Really we don't start prospering until we come out of sin. When God changes our minds then we will change our ways about giving and as a result we will reap things like favor with God and man, spiritual and material blessing, and health for the mind, body, and soul. So I may never become popular according to people's standards but as long as I please God in whatever I do, then that puts me in the majority and makes me to prosper above all the rest.