Can We Really Please God?

HOW CAN IMPERFECT HUMANS PLEASE GOD?

David's counsel to his son Solomon gives us the key to how we can please God. "You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a complete heart." (1 Chronicles 28:9)  What is a complete heart?  It is a heart that loves God and is resolved to be sensitive to his will and requirements.  It is not a heart that is perfect, but it is one that yearns to serve God obediently and is willing to be corrected. Love of God and a desire to be obedient marked Job as "blameless," Lot as "righteous," and David as "doing only what is right"  in God's eyes.  Although they made mistakes, they were able to please God.  

So if we have bad thoughts that we wish had not come into our mind or say something we are ashamed of or do things we later realize  are wrong, let us take courage from the examples just discussed. God knows perfection is beyond  our reach at this time.  He does, however, expect us to love him and to strive for obedience. If we have a complete heart in this regard, we can be confident that we can please God too. 

Next time: LIFE AFTER DEATH IS IT POSSIBLE? - What Happens After Death? 

From the Watchtower magazine, 2015