Ist Samuel chapter 15 chronicles the story of Saul and his rebellion against God. He was been instructed to completely and utterly destroy the Amalekites but he hearkened unto the voice of the people and had taken for himself the good rams, lambs etc and had even spared Agag the Amalekite king as well. When Samuel came and saw him in Gilgal, he told him what God had said already concerning him and the kingdom and all Saul cared about was his honour before the people of Israel. He had decided to gain favour from then permitting them to go on and keep the good spoils that God had told them to destroy. He was a people pleaser. The favour of men meant more to him than pleasing God. This is one characteristic that David didn't have and its no wonder that he was chosen by God to take Saul's place.
The Bible tells us that we ought not to please men. Galatians 1:10 says "Am I now seeking the favour of men or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ" Beloved, we cannot please men and God at the same time. We are to seek to please God first in everything. People pleasing will bring a Christian in direct conflict with God and his perfect will. When we are more concerned with pleasing Jesus Christ, then it doesn't matter who gets upset because of that. The people who will be upset are those who aren't interested in pleasing Him.
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