Fearers of Men

i started reading a new book in my devotions. the name of the book is When People Are Big and God is Small. last night i was reading in it and it gave all kinds of examples of how we "fear men" basically how we please people over God. how we fear people more than God. if we aren't wearing the best outfit at school or if we don't get good grades, or don't meet up to people's standards how do we react? my answer to that question is that i would be upset. i am a people pleaser. so often i become prey to peer pressure or wanting to do things well so people will look at me and think "wow she is good" and you know what my focus is no longer on God when i am worrying about what people think about me. this to me seems like an unbeatable problem, but i left something out....God. i can't conquer this without God and the problem is i was trying to accomplish it by myself. so now when i feel the fear creep into my throat of "oh my word they looked at me weird did i do something wrong do i look weird?" i bow my head in prayer and say Lord help me to take my focus off of people and fear you. You are Almighty God!!