Text:
2 Corinthians 5:9 (HCSB)
9 Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.
Observation:
Is the aim and desire of your heart to please God? In the deepest recesses of your heart do you genuinely desire to please God? You can fool others; you can even fool yourself, but you cannot fool God.
1 Samuel 16:7 (HCSB)
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or his stature, because I have rejected him. Man does not see what the LORD sees, for man sees what is visible, but the LORD sees the heart."
One of the things that motivates the desire to please God is this.
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 (HCSB)
10 For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or worthless.
11 Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we seek to persuade people. We are completely open before God, and I hope we are completely open to your consciences as well.
I read a story told by a pastor that after preaching a sermon one of the members of the congregation said to him, "Pastor that was a good sermon until you mentioned all of the 'therefores' at the end".
What we believe and how we behave must always be consistent. Whenever we see therefore in the Bible we should ask ourselves the question, " What is the therefor there for?".
What motivates you to do God's will?
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, I pray that You would stir within us a burning desire to please You. Father, mold us until what we believe, and how we behave is pleasing in Your eyes. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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