Seed for Nov 11

We often find ourselves living to "please" God. We might ask ourselves, "Have I prayed enough? Have I witnessed enough? Did I study today?" etc. Which are not bad things, in themselves, but you see, we don't work to please God. God is pleased with the sacrifice of Jesus, and as a result God sees us thru the blood of Jesus and is pleased with us without us doing a thing! That is powerful and needs repeating. The Lord is pleased with the sacrifice for sin, and sees us thru the blood of Jesus. In fact we are hidden in Him (Jesus) and so when the Lord looks at us, He sees Jesus. Why then must we work to "please" God? Not necessary. And that sure takes the struggle out of Christian living of trying to be worthy. What then must I do? Present my body a living sacrifice to God. He bought me so I present myself to Him. I walk in the Spirit, which is a natural process of the Life within me. Example: We cannot over come the power of gravity, we cannot fly. But a bird has life within that allows it to fly and overcome gravity. I cannot please God, but the Life within has, so I live by the life within. I live, yet not I...Jesus lives in me! Be blessed,

Billy and Jan Wells