WHAT CAN I DO TO PLEASE GOD?
I frequently hear men talk
about wanting to please God in their lives, and trying to please God in their
behavior. Perhaps you even ask yourself, "What can I do to please
God?" In a word, NOTHING! Your best deeds of righteousness are
"filthy rags" in the sight of a holy God. It is not possible for men
and women whose hearts are evil to do that which is good in God's sight. All of
our self-righteous efforts at pleasing God (prayer, Bible reading, church
attendance, morality, sacrifices, etc.), are no more pleasing to God than
drunkenness, adultery, or murder - (Read Isaiah 66:1-4). The only man
who ever has pleased God is the man Christ Jesus. God is not pleased with
anything less than perfection. He will not accept anything less than
perfection. God accepts the perfect righteousness of his Son. He will not and
cannot, in consistency with his holy character, accept less. GOD IS PLEASED
WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. All who are in
Christ are pleasing to God, always pleasing to God. The only way for sinful men
to please God is to give up trying to please God, and trust Christ alone for
all their righteousness and all their redemption. When will we ever learn that
all our righteousness is in the Substitute?