Thoughts on Galatians 1:1-10

How easy is it to become distracted? Why do man made concoctions seem easier to follow than God made directions? Immediately in Paul's letter to the Galatians there was the duality of human authority and God's authority...

• "Paul an apostle - sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead..." (1.1)
• "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel..." (1.6)
• "Am I now seeking human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ." (1.10)

So I struggle. Perhaps I cannot acknowledge the authority of God, or for that matter the authentic Gospel, because of all the voices, opinions and ideas within my sphere of human influence. Or, perhaps the authority of God is easily recognizable for it seems the path that I am least equipped to pursue.