Ephesians 2:10: For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.

Do you seek to live the life that God has planned for you as a Christian? Do you seek to please Him by your faith? One day, all Christians will stand before the Judgment seat of Christ and give an account for the way they chose to live their lives on earth. Please continue to read. It’s not that Christ is lining us up before Him to condemn us, but rather His desire is to reward us for a job well done. The only ones who’ll be ashamed before Him will be those who chose not to obey the Father’s will (Matthew 7:21).

Paul tells us in the text for today that God has created us in Christ for good works that we SHOULD walk in. If God has laid out the road map, and we follow that map by faith, then we will end up at the correct destination. However, if we should attempt to stray from the preset coordinates, we won’t please the Father.

How do we please the Father? Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith, no one can please (or come to agreement with) the Father. Romans 10:17 says that faith comes by hearing. So when you and I hear the voice of the Father and do what He commands of us as His children, we please (or agree with) His will and fulfill the plan for our life.

Here is an example of pleasing the Father by faith. In Genesis 1, God is speaking of those things He desires to see on earth. As God speaks from heaven, the Holy Spirit, who is hovering on the earth, empowers the Word and fulfills the plan that was previously spoken from heaven. When God sees on earth what He has willed in heaven, then He declares at the end of the day that it was good.

We were created in Christ unto good works that we should walk in them. The only way to fulfill God’s plan for your life and walk in agreement with Him is to hear His voice and do as He directs you. This is exactly what Jesus did while He was on the earth. He listened to His Father and obeyed His will on earth; it pleased the Father, and He accepted Jesus’ sacrifice at the end of His life. Now God has greatly rewarded Jesus by giving Him authority in heaven, on earth, and under the earth.

If you’re a Christian, but don’t know the will of God for your life, then let me leave you with a passage that will help you discover His will for you.

Hebrews 11:6: It is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him. —submitted by Asa Dockery, US