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Made for His Glory Part 8

What is it that pleases God? What gladdens His heart? A clear insight into this and living in that consciousness will engender God’s matchless grace and blessings in our lives. Apostle Paul made it his life goal to please God. He wanted to daily capture the reason for which God saved and delivered him. Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (KJV) The key to abundance is to wholeheartedly seek God’s pleasure. Sometimes we need to say it again and again till it registers in our soul – God made us for Himself. How do we effectively please Him? By walking in the Spirit and no longer in the flesh. The flesh and her lusts are at variance with God’s Spirit. Romans 8:8 categorically states that they that are in the flesh cannot please God. So then they that are in the flesh CANNOT please God. Romans 8:8 (KJV) It’s a scripture with a finality. They that are in the flesh can not please the almighty God. To please God, we must keep away from fulfilling all our feelings and fleshy lusts. We must quit seeking prominence and fame. We must give no occasion to the devil or his ideas in our hearts and lives. The Amplified Version amplifies it thus: So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. Romans 8:8 (KJV). To please, satisfy or be accepted by God, we MUST overcome our feelings and put our flesh under control like Paul said he did often. This is how we ensure to live solely for God’s glory. But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. 1 Corinthians 9:27 (Amp). Let’s avoid becoming counterfeits by intentionally pursuit of the gifts of the Spirit and disciplining the flesh and its lusts. Shalom!

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