The key to our success is not in doing simply for self, but in seeking to do something to give the Lord pleasure; in doing something to glorify God. We try so hard to find our own satisfaction that we forget about satisfying God.
Pleasing God puts us back in fellowship with the Divine. There’s a difference between relationship and fellowship. Saved people can’t lose their relationship. But a lot of saved people, who are going to heaven when they die, are out of fellowship with God now because we have turned inward. God has done everything for us, but the more God blesses us, the more we should do for God.
Pleasing God makes us aware of our spiritual purpose. Do we really believe that all God gave to us—our education, our jobs, our income, our socio-economic status—is just for us? If so, then we need to revise our agenda. At the top of our agenda should be purposeful living to the glory of God. Jesus said, “Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met (Matthew 6:33).”
Pleasing God reminds us that we should be a part of something greater than ourselves. One lesson life teaches each of us is that we are finite—but God is infinite; we are fragile—but God is omnipotent; we are limited—but God is omniscient. And in God’s love and mercy, God invites us to join with the divine, to fix our vision and our aspiration on God.
In so doing, we become a part of something that is greater than ourselves. We become a part of what He is doing in His world, and we bring honor to Him through our participation in His plan.
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