God Not Seen, Sees Our Heart...

Jesus said it often: The Father sees in secret. Amazingly, it is from this secret world of our hearts that God's heart seeks pleasure. And when He finds a soul who, as an act of worship, gives of himself or perseveres in prayer or suffers patiently or loves purely, with such the Father is well pleased; indeed, He is drawn to such as these.

Let us ponder deeply: We can bring pleasure to God! What a wondrous privilege! Since it is possible, let us not grope in darkness, but specifically isolate that one way above all which touches the heart of God. Paul said that God "was pleased to reveal His Son in me" (Gal. 1:15-16).

To set our goal to reveal Christ is to arouse God's pleasure at its highest levels. No one, nor any thing, brings pleasure to the Father as does seeing His Son. Every time we obey Jesus, giving Him access to this world, we please God. Each time Christ forgives or loves or blesses through us, the heart of God finds pleasure in our lives.

Jesus did only the things He first saw His Father do; He lived to give pleasure to God. Let us also seek to know how, in every situation, we may reveal Christ. For in the love between the Father and His Son the river of God's pleasure flows.

Oh God, the thought that my life may bring pleasure to You is so high, I can barely believe it. Lord, look upon me as Your workmanship; create in me that which will most glorify You. Make my life an aroma of thanksgiving that ever brings pleasure to Your heart.