HOW TO PLEASE GOD

To be a God pleaser is a serious obligation. Together with keeping His Commandments, it is the way to receive blessings from above and is badly needed in order to gain answers to our fervent prayers. “And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight” (1 John 3:22).

The first thing to do is to check ourselves if we have a positive attitude towards the God of heaven and earth and to His representative, Jesus Christ His Son. It is necessary to put God first daily to show our proper behavior towards spirituality and righteousness.

Then, we need to develop an unceasing prayer life. “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). It is impossible to have answers if we don't ask “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened” (Matt. 7:7-8). It is very important to show our incapability through petitions and intercessions, knowing that only God can help us in all things and in all situations (Jer. 33:3, Psa. 46:1). Praying everyday is a way of telling God that we allow Him to take control of everything, problems, trails, etcetera. “Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you” (1 Pet. 5:7). But not only by uttering or crying, Please God! We really need to Please God while we are on our knees. It is a way of giving Him the right to be the King of our lives.

We can add patience to the menu that will surely please God. Being patient is a way of showing our love. “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up” (1 Cor. 13:4). Patience must stay and come from the inside of our being. This must be the hardest thing to have and do but we must remember that it is one of the 9 fruits of God's Spirit that we must bear and there is no law against it. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” (Gal. 5:22-23). Patience is a fruit that must remain.

When we are not in the gathering (ordinary days), the best way to please God is through our holy acts that others can see so that they may glorify the Father also. “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house” (Matt. 5:14-16). We must let our light shine in our homes and in the community. We are the light of the world, a city on the top of the mountain.

Lastly, our physical energy and strength is always needed to do things that are pleasing in God's sight. We must use our whole body to make Him happy. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Rom. 12:1). We must love God not only with our hearts, souls, and minds. Loving Him also requires our strengths. “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment” (Mark 12:30). Going to our weekly gatherings, working to earn so we can give generously to His work, and even through simply hearing the preaching of His Word. These are some of so many ways to please God through our strength. And remember that when we join together in worshipping Him in Spirit and in Truth. “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Hm in spirit and in truth”(John 4:24), we always make God very happy. We can call this: Spiritual Synergy. “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching” (Heb. 10:25). ☜
Will Manares