PLEASANT LIFE
Hebrews 11

When we please Him, we are bound to have a pleasant life. We are set for great exploits and we shall be operating Heaven on earth. How then do we please Him? Pleasing God is phasing out fear in every walk of life and not limiting God in every phase of life journey. Where fear operates, God is minimized and sinking is the evidence. With fear, God is denied His glory and the devil becomes elevated. Fear can operate loudly or silently; it can be regarded as the dangerous enemy of faith. By ignoring fear and holding on to faith, Abel did not fail and never doubted when he offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Despite the fact of not knowing what harvest will later produce, he did not reduce in giving to God sacrificially. Noah decided not to give into fear when he received the instructions of deliverance. Noah acted by building an ark where it hardly rains in preparation against flood that was to overtake the world. Noah could have chosen to give in to doubt and not respond. Doubt cannot be separated from fear because doubt and fear are the part and parcel of each other. To exercise doubt is a demonstration of a silent fear. Hebrews 11:8-9, “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.” The Bible declares that it was by faith and not by fear when Abraham obeyed God. The choice is either you move by faith or you are moved by fear and there is no neutrality or middle ground. Have you been stunk by lack of mobility in any area of life? As an acclaimed believer, it is time to let faith rise in you and have fear sink. Until then, your vehicle motion will remain stagnant. How do we please God? Hebrews 11:6, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” You have come to God by His grace, but do you believe that He is the center of your life? To believe Him is to be living the word and that is behaving the word of God. To be living or behaving Him is in seeking Him from inside to outside and God will not fail in honoring His word. Seek Him diligently and He will evidently see you. Pleasing Him will make Him to always be with you. Think of it, He was with Abraham, Noah, Enoch and every other faith giant in the Bible. Above all, Jesus said, “And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.” (John 8:29) Keep your eyes on Him and not on the fear-generating situations that you are temporarily in. The end result will testify that He was and He will always be with you.