STOP TRYING TO PLEASE GOD

Voice of Eden ( episode 235)

Mon. 9th August 2021

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐑𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐃.

𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝟺:𝟻

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 [𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍], 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 (𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚘𝚍).

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

Just like me, a lot of us have tried for a long time and some of us are still trying hard to please God, so we can make Him proud or happy with us. 

Gift struggled all her life with people-pleasing. She said she could not remember a time when she was free from thinking about what others thought about her. The way she dresses, the car she drives, the technology she carries, and the house she owns is controlled to some degree by what others think about her.

Her counselor told her that she needed to be more concerned with pleasing God than others. 

The mistake the counselor made was not carefully explaining what pleasing God meant. Gift embraced a performance-driven, people-pleasing lifestyle decades ago.

Unfortunately, because she did not know what pleasing God meant so she did what she does best: She ratcheted up her obedience.

Obedience is not an act to please God as though you could gain His favor. Your obedience comes from a heart of joy that has been transformed by His Word. You obey out of a heart of gratitude for the works of Christ.

Who Can Please God?

And a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son; with you, I am well pleased. – Mark 1:11

To be continued...

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