Day Eight: Planned For God's Pleasure

"You created everything, and it is for your pleasure that they exist and were created." Revelation 4:11 (NLT)

"The Lord takes pleasure in his people." Psalm 149:4a (TEV)

Stuff That Stuck Out:

• The moment you were born into the world, God was there as an unseen witness, smiling at your birth.
• God did not need to create you, but he chose to create you for his own enjoyment. You exist for his benefit, his glory, his purpose, and his delight.
• Bringing enjoyment to God, living for his pleasure, is the first purpose of your life.
• We often forget that God has emotions, too. He feels things very deeply. The Bible tells us that God grieves, gets jealous and angry, and feels compassion, pity, sorrow, and sympathy as well as happiness, gladness, and satisfaction. God loves, delights, gets pleasure, rejoices, enjoys, and even laughs!
• Bringing pleasure to God is called "worship."
• Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship.
• Worship is far more than music.
  
• Worship is not for your benefit.
• God's heart is not touched by tradition in worship, but by passion and commitment.
• Worship is not a part of your life; it is your life.
• Every activity can be transformed into an act of worship when you do it for the praise, glory, and pleasure of God.
• This is the secret to a lifestyle of worship--doing everything as if you were doing it for Jesus.
• Falling in love with Jesus is what real worship is all about.

Point To Ponder: I was planned for God's pleasure.

Verse To Remember: "The Lord takes pleasure in his people." Psalm 149:4a (TEV)

Question To Consider: What common task could I start doing as if I were doing it directly for Jesus?