Day 9 of Reading The Purpose Driven Life

Since pleasing God is the primary purpose of your life, the next step is to figure out how to do it. The Bible says, "Figure out what will please Christ and then do it". Let's look at NOAH who gives us a perfect illustration of pleasing God.

In his days, when the world was morally bankrupt, Noah stood out. He consistently followed God's will and enjoyed a close relationship with him.

He trusted God completely. Even when it didn't make sense at that time, Noah still built a ship in the middle of dry land. Imagine it took him 120years to finish the project. After this long most us would have given up yet Noah saw the project through. Trusting God completely means having faith that He knows what is best for your life.

He made God smile by obeying him wholeheartedly. He followed God's prescription to detail. The size of the ship, the materials used, how to build. Everything he did as God had commanded. Most of us have partial obedience, we pick and choose the commands to obey.

God smiles when we express our adoration and gratitude to him. Noah lived with a heart of praise and thanksgiving. His act after the flood was to express thanks by offering sacrifice to God.

God smiles when we use our abilities. Every human activity (playing, working, interacting with friends), except sin can be done for God's pleasure if you do it with an attitude of praise. God enjoys watching every detail of you're life.

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