Yes. The Living God is not the cold-hearted god created by Jean Cauvin in his own image.
So God is influenced by the quantity of other people's flattering opinions of you in determining the course of your life?
No wonder Rome preaches a works-based salvation where salvation has very little to do with Christ's work on the cross, and everything to do with our own filthy rags.
Flee from idolatry. Most especially from the idolatry of believing ourselves to be our own god.