Pleasing God
There are a lot of people who have the wrong concept of what is pleasing to God. They think that if they go to church, God will be pleased with them. They think it is all about religion. They think God will be pleased because they spend an hour of two in church every week. Now I will grant you that attending church is important to God, but that is not what is most pleasing to Him by a long shot. Saul learned this lesson the hard way after he defeated the Amalekites at God's command. He was supposed to kill all the people and animals and destroy everything else, but he spared the king and allowed the people to take all of the good plunder. (I Samuel 15:22) When Samuel showed up after the battle he told Saul what was most pleasing to God. It was not the sacrifices that God was looking for, but obedience to His voice. It was not the fat of rams being burned for God, it was submission to Him. So, how pleasing are you to God? We all need to realize that God wants a close personal relat...