Wednesday... It is so good to know how to please.

Psalm 147:11 (CEV), "The Lord is pleased only with those who worship him and trust his love."

Wednesday... It is so good to know how to please.

I love to please, don't you? Especially if it is the Lord.

Psalm 147:11 (CEV) says, "The Lord is pleased only with those who worship him and trust his love."

Yes, worship pleases Him. But here it also says that trusting his love also pleases him.

Now 1 Corinthians 13 is a great place to go to see what love means. It is known as the love chapter and the last verse of this great chapter says this. Verse 13 in the Amplified Bible says, "And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope, [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God's love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love." Yes, the greatest of these is love.

And It seems that trusting God's love has an effect on us. There is an unselfish love from us for others that grows out of God's love for us. And God puts this high upon his expectations. "The greatest of these is love." And trusting God's love pleases him. So the unselfish love from us for others that grows out of God's love for us pleases him.

So what does that look like? Well verse 7 says, "Love bears all things [regardless of what comes], believes all things [looking the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening]."

In the NLT it says, "Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance." That is the kind of unselfish love that grows out of trusting God's love which pleases him. And verse 8a (CEV) says, "Love never fails!"

Yes, "The Lord is pleased only with those who worship him and trust his love." By the way, a great place to show that unselfish love is our families. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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