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Dan Curry
How would you complete the title sentence? It would probably depend on when the
statement was being made. For example if
one was at work then it might be that one’s boss’s name would be the
completion, or perhaps a co-worker. If
one was at home then probably the spouse or, if a child was the one stating the
sentence, one’s parents. Many people may
come to mind that would be appropriate to complete the sentence.
However, one could and should be completing and meaning the
sentence by inserting “the Lord”. When
we are pleasing to God and His Son then we will be pleasing to everyone else in
our lives. God has long had the
principle that by living righteously in His sight then all of one’s life would
be complete and have great meaning.
Consider these passages from God’s Word
"Now
this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God
has commanded me to teach you,
that you might do them in the
land where you are going over to possess it, so that you and your son and your
grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His
commandments which I command you, all
the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
"O Israel, you should listen and be
careful to do it, that it may
be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God
of your fathers, has promised you, in
a land flowing with milk and honey.
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the
LORD is one! "You shall love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
might.
"So
the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God
for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. “It will be righteousness for us if we are careful
to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded
us.
Children,
obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER
(which is the first commandment with a promise), SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH
YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.
Your
righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth.
The
end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for
this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment,
with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
"But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness and all these things will be added to you.
(all emphasis added- dc)
All of these scriptures point to pleasing God and desiring
to live a righteous life in His sight.
When we are living our lives in this way then everyone benefits. Live for God and strive to please Him in all
things.
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