Pleasing Daddy Has Its Rewards
by Kenneth Copeland
Have you noticed the strange ideas some people have about what it takes to please God?
They say: “Well, you’d just better not slip up.” Or they think, I’d better read my Bible an hour a day or God won’t bless me. Some folks have given up altogether saying, “Man, I’ve messed up my life so bad and fallen so far there’s no way God could ever be pleased with me again.”
They seem to be trying to please an angry God who can only see their imperfections—a God who is waiting to knock them down in their health, finances or relationships to teach them some kind of lesson. They are being robbed. The truth is, satan is the one who comes to steal, kill and destroy.
God desires to have fellowship with them as a heavenly Father whose only desire is to pour out the riches of heaven on His children. Pleasing Him is simply a matter of getting into position to receive all that is in His heart to give. That’s why Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Being “without faith” is not talking about another law or standard by which you are judged. It’s talking about a broken connection with a Father who desires to bless you. It is impossible to please God without faith because faith is our connection to God. With faith we are in place for our heavenly Father to do what pleases Him most—blessing His children.
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