As I was praying Father, You reminded me of Your great love for Your children.
Your love NEVER changes! It is complete and perfect. It doesn’t become more, greater, or less. It can not because it is Divine and perfection has no more or less to it. You are Love.
What I do or say does not make Your love waver. It is constant, You are constant; it is true, You are true. It is the ultimate of perfect and You are perfect in all Your ways.
You also reminded me that I sometimes think that because of my works I am blessed and loved by You. It seems we get mixed up in what it means to “please” You and what “blessing” is and what causes You to love us.
We might think that because we obey and serve You that is what moves You to bless us. But it occurred to me that there are spiritual laws that come into effect through our actions. These laws are true and even a lost person can follow the principles of the bible and have a “good” life in this world. We reap what is sowed and can receive many “blessings” through sowing righteousness in this life.
But blessings also come directly from the deep love that You have toward us and Your desire to express it to us without any action of our own. You delight in giving to us spiritually, emotionally, and materially.
Some of the NT scriptures about “pleasing” God mean to be “well pleasing and acceptable” in our ways.
(1 Cor 5:9) Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent to be pleasing to Him.
Eph 5:10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord
Heb 13:21 equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever.
1 John 3:22 NAS and whatever we ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandants and do the things that are pleasing (agreeable) in His sight.
(Ampl- And we receive from Him whatever we ask for because we obey His orders-observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us- and practice what is pleasing to Him.)
You are pleased when we are in Your will because then we are fulfilling Your plan for Your Body and Kingdom through our lives. You will give us all that we ask in order to fulfill Your purposes. When we are in harmony with Your will You can accomplish all that is in Your heart to do.
Thank You Father for the blessings that You pour out to Your sheep and that by Your grace, our lives will be pleasing to You.
