Pleasing God

Iattended a pastor's conference some time ago and was blessed with a great time of fellowship and singing praise to God and of course, some great preaching. The theme was "Pleasing God" and both preachers that morning used the text from Heb 11:6 where we are told that "without faith it is impossible to please God". As I was thinking about what they had shared, the thought came to mind that we spend more time being pleasing unto God or being pleased with God than we actually do pleasing God. Holiness is pleasing unto God, because He is Holy and we are expected to be Holy as well. I Peter 1:16 says "Be ye holy for I am holy". Being pleased with God, no doubt, makes God happy because we are happy in Him. But, it is the life lived by faith that really pleases God. Paul tell us in Rom 1:17 that "the just shall live by faith" Our first thought would be, why? And the answer is very simple. Because in order to live by faith, we must keep our eyes on God and trust what He is doing in us and to us and through us. We cannot keep our eyes on God if our focus is on the world. Living by faith is an exciting life and one that is usually misunderstood. For some reason, we have the idea that faith living is like living in the dark and we just take what comes without question. Not so! Faith is based upon fact - the facts of the Word of God. Faith living is living with our eyes wide open in direct obedience to God's Word - without question. The only way to please your Heavenly Father is to live by Faith obeying His every wish. And what a blessing that is.