That I may please you

Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to him…

For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all, and therefore all died.

And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised. (2 Corinthians 5:9-10, 14-15)

Lord, it is my desire to be pleasing to you. That in everything, in all my thoughts, in all my actions, I would please you.

But so often I look at my life and see how I fall short. And I realize again that is why you had to die on the cross.

But now through what you did for me on the cross, I have become the righteousness of God.

When you see me, you don’t see my sins or failures. Rather, I am now clothed in Christ’s perfect righteousness. And because of that, you accept me and say, “You are my child whom I love. I am well pleased with you.”  

Your love for me is amazing.

Let that love be the driving force in my life. Let it shape the way I see my life. Let it shape the way I see others.

Let me live each day not for myself, but for you.

In Jesus’ name, amen.