Favor
Sometimes we need a goal. I’m not one of those people who sets goals 5 -10 years into the future.
Some are. One long term goal I have though is to have my life be pleasing to God. It should be the goal of any Christian. We owe our very existence to God and Jesus died to save us from our sins.
Psalm 115:1
“Not to us, O, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory because of your love and faithfulness.”
We live in a fallen and sinful world. I was reading Genesis 6 and part of this could describe the world you and I live in.
Genesis 6:5-8
“The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth and his heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, ‘I will wipe mankind whom I have created from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
We live in a world where sin and the option to sin is everywhere. Don’t give in to it! We need to be like Noah Because he found favor in the eyes of the Lord. I often pray asking God to make me the man he wants me to be not who I want to be.
“All that I have
All that I am
I owe to thee
O Calvary’s lamb.”
Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Romans 12:1-2
“Therefore, I urge you brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as Living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Jacob was another example by the way he exited life. Look at how he ended it he went out of this world as his last act worshiping God. This should be our goal.
Hebrews 11:21
“By faith, Jacob when he was dying, Blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on top of his staff.”
“Oh how I long to see the hour
When I would hear that trumpet sound
So I could rise and see my Savior’s face
And see him smile and say ‘Well done’
You can forget my name and the songs I’ve sung
Every rhyme and every tune
But remember the truth of Jesus’ love
When all is said and done.”
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