“It shall come to pass that therefore they call, I will answer; and while
they are still speaking, I will hear”.
Isaiah 65:24.
Every person out there crave for attention in
one way or the other. Employees try to
please their employers in order to get promotion or to receive some favours
from them. Wives are doing their best to
please their husbands. A guy who has set his eyes on a beautiful girl will do anything to get her
attention and to please her.
Then
what entails about pleasing our heavenly father, God?
There
are some people who don’t even call but God answers and there are some who call
on God day and night but it seems God is not hearing. So then how do you get the attention of God
as we will do to our beloved?
1) Walking
in the fear of God. “Behold the eye of
the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine”. [Psalm
33:18-19] And the fear of the Lord is to
hate evil, pride and every form of ungodliness.
The fear of the Lord makes us to consider the steps we take, the move we
make, and even the dress we wear not forgetting the way we look. It embodies everything about our lives.
In the fear of God, you don’t live for yourself but you live for God. #TheGodFirst lifestyle. It is
the fear of the Lord that compels you to be cautious of your actions and its
consequences. The fear of the Lord makes
you to be passionate to please Him.
2) Living
the God-first lifestyle: The God-first
lifestyle means putting God ahead of every consideration in your life. The God first lifestyle means you are not
comfortable to talk to men until you have talk to God everyday (Koinonia). It also means you are not comfortable to eat
the bread of the earth (food) until you have eaten the bread of life (word of
God). The God first lifestyle means you
are not comfortable in spending money on yourself until you have given God His
portion. Whatever you want to do with
your life, God’s interest is second to none.
3) Seeking
God with the whole of your heart: It means being
genuine or real i.e. giving God your whole heart in matters that purtains to
Yahweh; seek Him in prayer, seek Him in studying His word and to know His
commandments. If you want to seek His
affection, give Him all your heart. “And
you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”
Jer 29:13, Deut 4:29
4) Worshipping
God in Spirit and in Truth: Genuinely worship and
praise Him for all that He has done. “God
is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.” John 4:24
5) Walking
in love and forgiveness. Mark 11:24-25
Inspired by the teachings of Dr. Paul Enenche
Recommended for you: THE BLESSEDNESS OF HOLINESS
~Incredible Prince
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