The Apostle Paul said, "So our aim is to please him always..." 2 Cor. 5:9 NLT
The Message by Eugene Peterson reads like this: "Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that's what we aim to do..." 2 Cor. 5:9 Message
"Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing." or "Our aim is to please him always."
Let those words sink in! Pleasing God.
Is that your aim? Is that the main thing for you?
If you want to please him, what should you be doing? Think about this verse: "You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." Psalm 139:16 NLT It sounds like God has a goal for your life.
Now consider what the Apostle Paul said in Colossians 1:9-10 TEV "We ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will, with all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives. Then you will be able to live as the Lord wants and will always do what pleases him."
WOW! That's all--JUST WOW!
WOW! indeed.:)
ReplyDeleteSaw me before I was born, so powerful and beyond words, WOW is about all I can say. Thank you for another wonderful post.
ReplyDeleteKathleen
Amen, Brother!
ReplyDeleteI love this Psalm!
ReplyDeleteAnd our challenge, to please Him? I don't sense any obscurity there. As my friend might say, "This isn't rocket science!"
As always, thanks for being here, Clif!
Myra
Pleasing God is my goal! Thank-you for this encouraging post.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless,
Ginger
This was great and really spoke to my heart as this is really where I have been striving to be at recently. Thanks for this. Blessings, Debbie
ReplyDeleteClif, thank you for these words. I really needed to hear them. Blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteCliff, Thank you so much for posting this today. After reading these most inspiring words, I just sat back, closed my eyes, enjoyed your beautiful music, and did exactly what you suggested! I let these words sink in,...my heart's desire is to always please Him!...
ReplyDeleteI am now asking myself , what should I be doing?
This is one reason I always enjoy SS, I am always challenged as well as blessed. Thank you so much for sharing.
Blessings,
Sue
I'm not a cook, sorry to say, but I can follow a recipe and come up with some pretty tasty meals...I can follow God's instructions...they're right there in His Word...He gives us everything we need, even His own Holy Spirit so we can't fail...we just have to want to do it. Great post...love it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Mary
I am letting these words sink in very deeply, blessings to you.
ReplyDeleteAmen. Such a beautiful message. Thanks fort he reminder to please God first.
ReplyDeleteA blessed day.
Regina
I think of the verse, "Without faith it is impossible to please Him." Thank you for sharing. Have a good Sunday.
ReplyDeleteWow!! DO I love that verse you quoted from 2 Cor 5!!! I had to mark it in my own Bible (a relatively new unmarked one ;-)---What a fantastic thing to think on!!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Just WOW!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte
A challenging question that is so good for me to contemplate.....a good reminder ~ pleasing God.
ReplyDeleteThat does give me something to think about, thank you ~ I want my life to be pleasing to God.
ReplyDeleteClif,
ReplyDeleteYou think it would be so simple to do yet we stumble along life's path daily! Thank goodness God stops when we fall and lends us a hand to help us back up again.
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
The Spirit is an amazing part of God...we should not only live to please Him but also thank Him for giving us such a counselor!
ReplyDeleteHi Bro. Clif, I am so please here in your blog. I am looking at the picture of you and Sis Charlotte when you were 13 & 11 yrs old. And were married ten years later. Wonderful! May the name of Jesus be exalted in your life!
ReplyDeleteI always want to please God in whatever I do and say...how I live my life. Colossians 1:9-12 is what we pray for our children and ourselves :).
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my blog.
Clif,
ReplyDeleteI, too, have marked the passage in Colossians 1:9-10. 10 "to lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him..." Wonderful.
Jean
i love that verse in psalms....it's such a comfort!
ReplyDeletechasity
Amen, wonderful message .Obedience is what pleases him & We must study his word to know what his will is , to be pleasing in his sight . Then we must live out that obedience in our lives.
ReplyDelete~Myrna Lee