How to Please God Today

A Christian leader was very sick and not expected to live. Alone with the Lord, He cried, “What should I do, Lord?”

God spoke to his spirit, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.”

The man, the director of a large Christian organization, realized that he would not have said it that way. He would have said, “The chief end of man is to glorify God and serve Him forever.” But God is not satisfied with service; He wants us to enjoy Him.

The Lord allowed the man to recover from his illness, and he now lives with a different purpose. He lives to enjoy His Lord.

So how do we glorify God? We enjoy Him.

Rachel Barkey said, “A few years ago, I was struggling with the daily grind of constantly cleaning and tidying, laundry (which I detest), trying to meet project deadlines, cooking meals and washing dishes, replying to work emails, refereeing disagreements with the kids, homeschooling, only to turn around the next day or even the next moment to have to do it all over again. I thought, Is this it? Is this all that I’m supposed to be doing?”

Then she came across a blog of someone who put it so succinctly: “I am here to serve with joy.”

Rachel said, “I was serving—just like Jesus, but I wasn’t doing it with joy. Big difference. I have many roles, but in all of these I have one purpose—to be like Jesus, to serve with joy.”

Life is filled with meaning when our chief purpose is to give God glory by enjoying Him.

Dear Jesus, my purpose for this day is to enjoy You.

“Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires” (Psalm 37:4 NLT).