God's wierd way of cracking open my soul

So this week i have the task of preparing a sermon on Galatians 1:10.  I am looking forward to studying this passage, but in some ways i have been feeling pressured to deliver a particular message.  In Galatians there was this battle between Paul preaching the freedom and light yoke that is the Gospel of Jesus, and the Judaizers who had changed the gospel by wanting to convert people to a culture as a part of the salvation process. 
    What has been so interesting to me is that this verse alludes to the major battle in the book.  Paul asks people if he is trying to please men, or please God.  The implication is that it would have been a lot more pleasing to the surrounding culture to accept the wrong gospel.  It rifled fewer feathers, it made more friends.  The true gospel is not going to make you many friends.  However, it is pleasing to God!
    There are so many possiblities and applications from this conflict.  Do we try to convert people to the christian subculture, or do we allow them to be what they are with Christ at the center?  Do we, or how often do we make decisions based on what makes people happy as opposed to God?  What are the gospel mandates that must remain true in all cultures, and what stuff is our american interpretation and presentation of the gospel?
    The wierd and crazy thing, which is also what inspired this post is what happened last night.  I was sitting in worship, and God just flipped the verse on its head.  I have tried to please people my whole life.  You heard a little bit of it earlier even in some of my prep for this sermon.  I want to please Courtney, people at church, parents, students, and just about everyone.  The reality is that i can never acomplish this.  It is an unattainable goal and is a treadmill of running in place and getting nowhere at best.  God showed me that i am pleasing to Him.  While i am seeking people's approval, i am pleasing to the one who matters most, Jesus!  The message of the gospel in some ways is this, we can be made pleasing to God through Jesus. 
   This verse has taken a whole new significance to me starting last night.  I have no idea where my study and prep time will take me by the time i teach on sunday night, but God has used this verse in my life already.  I never saw it coming.