BIBLICAL FOCUS | PLEASING GOD (6)
1. Pleasing God.
a) There
are many key terms and concepts in Scripture like faith, hope, love,
joy, grace, peace, pleasing the Lord, etc. that we come across as we
read our Bibles, but often these are just vague concepts for many
people.
b) Here we have some biblical
focus on what it means to please the Lord as it is found in the Word of
God.
2. Pleasing God is to touch every sphere, area,
and aspect of the believers life. The aim of pleasing God should have
no restrictions or compartments.
Colossians 3:22-24
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who {merely} please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men; knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
3. Pleasing God reaches into the work place.
a) This illustrates the previous principle. Every believer has the responsibility to honor Christ in his work as a God pleaser, as one who does his work as unto the Lord, and not as a men pleaser. To do so ultimately causes us to please our employers through God honoring performance.
Colossians 3:22-24
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who {merely} please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men; knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
3. Pleasing God reaches into the work place.
a) This illustrates the previous principle. Every believer has the responsibility to honor Christ in his work as a God pleaser, as one who does his work as unto the Lord, and not as a men pleaser. To do so ultimately causes us to please our employers through God honoring performance.
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