Christian Counselor Directory - Weekend Seed Thought: Pleasing God is Good for Us

	Seed Thought for this Weekend Sent weekly to over 100,000 Christian families and growing. Pleasing God is Good for Us If we spend time with God we kind of know what God wants from us. Sometimes we are confused, or not sure, but on balance we have a deep sense of what sits well with God. And if we are wrong, sooner or later, God will correct and redirect because we are one of His children. Yet, it is so easy to please people even when we know it doesn’t please God. In my journal I have written “Please God do not please people. And please people if it pleases God.” Most of the time they are the same but not always. Although I know this, I don’t always follow my own conviction. Sometimes I fall short but I know the more I succeed the better off I will be. I read about a young man who married two women within 48 hours in the central Greek town of Lamia. He married the first women and went on his honeymoon. The car had engine trouble, so he sent his new wife into Athens on a bus. In the meantime, he married another women he knew before and continued on with his honeymoon with her while leaving his first bride in Athens. When he went to court for polygamy he said that he decided to marry both of them because both families put unbearable pressure on him. He said he did it because he did not want to hurt anyones feelings! Needless to say, things did not go well for him in court. Knowing that this is a strange example of trying to please people when we know it is wrong or not the best for us, it is clear one, and just strange enough to remember. When it comes to our faith, if we are pleasing others while we are doing something hurtful to God it will not be good for us in the end. We are God’s children. God expect us to learn what pleases Him and what is best for us at the same time. If we try to do this and people get upset or de-friend us, or even if we are ostracized by a family member, God will support us when we please Him. Solomon wrote in Proverbs ” when a man’s ways please the Lord He makes even his enemies be at peace with him.” How much more will God help us with people who are closer to us? Pleasing God does not keep us out of favor with people we care about and who care about us for very long.  Listen to Our Devotional Podcast At the Christian Counselor Directory - New Postings Each Week NEW Book!  Nine Fruits of the Vine and Five Little Foxes Resource for Personal Devotions, Discussion Groups, Bible Studies by Joseph Hutchison   Seed Thoughts Sponsored by: Christian Counselor Directory