PLEASING GOD

Pleasing God [Today’s devotional is about the power of God to create and because it is a special day for me I am also sharing some personal thoughts. My prayer as always is for you to be blessed. david]

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

I’m sitting at my computer this morning and having read the above verse, I am reminded that God is the Creator of all things including all of us. Not only is God the Creator but he did so with a plan and purpose in mind. His ultimate purpose in creating you is that you might reflect his image. The amazing thing about the way in which God works is how he uses other people to complete his planned purpose for your life. These other people could be your parents, your siblings, your good friends or could be the one to whom you marry and spend your life.

Today, December 21, my wife and I celebrate our 50^th wedding anniversary. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that whatever Christ likeness there is to be seen in me is because of the influence she has had in my life. I have often wondered what my life would have been like without her by my side. It was her prayers and Christian witness that caused me to rededicate myself to doing the Lords will. Because of her faith in God and her obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit our home was a Godly home. The love she had for me and for our children was a reflection of God’s love. I am so thankful that God chose to work out his plan and purpose for me by using her as a part of his plan.

When I reflect on the past 50 years and see the wonderful ways in which we have been blessed it is truly beyond belief. But one of the things that has become perfectly clear to me is how God has used people to be those special blessings that have come our way. When all is said and done the blessings are not about things or possessions but about people. And she is the “one” among hundreds of people that has had the greatest influence on my life.

Meeting Eleanor and getting married placed me into a family that was truly extraordinary. Her parents, her sister and her husband and their children along with numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews have all enriched my life and have been special blessings to me on many occasions over the past 50 years. I’m so thankful God chose to bless me in such a wonderful way, a way that even today is hard for me to believe. I read in Genesis 1:31 "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good…"  In other words he stood back surveyed all he had done and set his seal of approval on it. He looked at the man and woman he had created in his image and he liked what he saw.

My prayer for today is for the Creator to once again look upon me and my wonderful bride of 50 years and be pleased with what he sees. For You O Lord have done a marvelous work. You have brought us forth from a life of sin and desperation and have placed our feet up on the solid rock of your salvation. You have loved us with an everlasting a love that will never tire nor grow faint. The love we have enjoyed over the last 50 years has been preparing us for a love relationship with you that will last throughout time and eternity. Lord Jesus there are no words that could possibly express the joy I feel, so I ask you to look deeply within my heart and see the love I have for you and be pleased. Once again I ask for you to look upon that which you have created and be pleased. This is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ the giver of life, Amen