The Bible says that everything was made for God’s good pleasure (Rev. 4:11). That includes us; we were made to please God. God is the Creator and the Maker of everyone and everything. It is His world, His universe, His people, His creation, His ballgame…you get the picture. It all belongs to Him. God’s good pleasure are those things which pleases Him. What pleases God is faith. For without faith it is impossible to please Him (Heb. 11:6). Also, God is pleased by proper spiritual worship. In man’s case, that means from a sincere reverent heart. The Bible says that God’s is Spirit, and He is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23, 24).
Everything that God created was made to give Him glory. As Creator, God is worthy of all glory. This is not only because creation owes its existence to God, but also because He is morally perfect. He is excellent in His workings. He is superior. He is supreme. He is all knowing, all seeing, omnipresent, and all loving. In short, He is God. He is the only wise God. If anyone was due praise and worship; it is the Lord. When God’s creation responds to His omnipotence (all power), and Omni benevolence (all love), by giving Him the glory, they are operating in the way that God created them to. When we respond to God’s love, it pleases Him.
Many times mankind is obstinate and stubborn. He refuses to acknowledge God as God, or refuses to cooperate with God by pursuing the purpose that God made him for. This insults the greatness of God. The Bible says, “How can the thing formed say to the One who formed it, ‘Why have you made me thus?’” (Rom. 9:20). The word is also bold to say that even the ox knows its owner and the donkey knows His master’s crib (Isa. 1:3). Even creation knows there is a God. There will come a time when every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord (Phil. 2:10,11, Rom. 14:11). If we had an understanding heart, we would continually praise the Lord now. This would be our good pleasure. Because He is God, if we do not give Him the glory that is due His name, even the rocks will cry out (Luke 19:40).
Why think it strange that God is due praise, worship and adoration. This is what you were made to give. Heart offerings are what we give to God. When they are given freely, they will look and smell like Jesus. This is what pleases God. God speaks concerning Jesus: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matt. 3:17). Jesus is also the offering that is accepted by God (Heb. 10:6,7). Glorify the Lord. It is a stubborn heart who strives against the acknowledgement of the greatness of God. Even the rocks, trees, and animals know better than that.
Apostle Calvin Brown Sr.