To the one who pleases Him, God gives WISDOM KNOWLEDGE HAPPINESS - Ecc. 2:26

I remember reading Gail MacDonald's HIGH CALL HIGH PRIVILEGE when I was a new pastor's wife and a bit overwhelmed with ministry, marriage and babies.  She had a chapter in there entitled "Serving an Audience of One" and it relieved me so much to know that I would never please everyone - and would probably collapse trying - but there was only One worthy of my devotion.  When we do what pleases Him - as Heb. 11:6 tells us - we are rewarded (I just love rewards!):

And without faith it is impossible to

please God, because anyone who comes to him

must believe that he exists and that he rewards

those who earnestly seek him.

 

Simple faith in who He is is what pleases Him...Isaiah 64:6 says "our righteous acts are like filthy acts"...no, Jesus said in Matt. 17:10: "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed...nothing will be impossible for you."

 

Our passage today reminds us we get some very big rewards when we please Him:  WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE HAPPINESS.  Is there anything you long for not in those three categories?

A.W. Tozer in THE PURSUIT OF GOD says:

 

Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise

himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers

of spiritual receptivity by trust and obedience and humility,

and the results will exceed anything he may have hoped in his leaner

and weaker days.

 

Who have we spent time trying to please today?  Have we been rewarded?  If not, we maybe ought to examine the object of our affection and our devotion!

 

For further study:  Psalm 104:34, Proverbs 15:8, Matt. 6:33, John 8:29, Romans 12:1-2, 2 Cor. 5:9, Col. 3:23-24, 1 Thes. 4:1, 1 John 3:21-11

 

Be blessed in your understanding of God's word.

 

Love,

Holly