Pleasing the Father

As I sat down to write this today, I was thinking how to start and I thought about one of the songs that we’ve been playing before assembly…”Let Us Worship” on our Praise & Harmony CD.  The first lines of the stanzas are…

Let us worship the Father
Sing your praise to the Father
Lift your hands to the Father
Let us worship the Father

Chorus:
And we will glorify
We will glorify the Lord (We will glorify)
And we will glorify
We will glorify the Lord

It has a great upbeat tempo that just gets your toes to tapping and being excited about the opportunity that is before us each day and each minute to join in with Him with some exciting things!

Yesterday, we looked at Matthew 3:13-17 examining how Jesus was pleasing to His Father, in more ways than just being baptized, but it was mentioned in this passage. Here are some applications to choose from to use this week…

Count Your Blessings ~ God is a giver of good things.  Our determination of “good” may sometimes differ, though.  However, even in your definition of good, think about all the good things that you have in your life and then thank Him for them.  Appreciation is pleasing to the Father!

Take Time for Him ~ Take some time each day to pray, listen to praise, do a service project, or something else that may take your mind off of yourself and reflect on to Him or doing something for someone else.  Jesus was a servant (Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45) so doing a service project is reflecting Him. Reflecting Him is pleasing to the Father!

Do Pleasing Things ~ Doing things that are pleasing to Him will definitely please Him! Again, it is not always activities or things that please us.  However, most of us know that about any “good” thing is going to be pleasing to Him.  Go out and share how He has changed your life…that will definitely please Him…and maybe please someone else as an added benefit!

Sometimes it can be difficult to appreciate what others have done when there are so many great things they have done for you.  Family, like parents, can often be overlooked and underappreciated.  Similarly, the Father in heaven can be underappreciated.  Take time to appreciate and please Him as you go about your day!