God Does What Pleases Him
I have to do some things that are not very pleasing to me. I have to clean the house regularly, even the bathrooms, which can be a messy job. I get to cut the grass every week or so this time of year. It takes about 2 hours of my time that I could be doing something more fun. Of course, there is always doing the laundry each week, too. Those things are necessary chores, but if I had a way of not doing them, I might take that path. When it comes to God, He has a totally different situation. He is Ruler over all of His creation. He never has to do anything that doesn't please Him. Of course, He always does the right thing, too. The psalmist affirmed this truth for us. (Psalm 135:6) "The Lord does whatever pleases Him throughout all heaven and earth, and on the seas and in their depths." You might think this doesn't have anything to do with you, but it actually has a lot of implications for all of us. When we pray, we can talk God about anything. We can ask Him to bles...