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Proverbs 16:7 says, “When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.” Imagine the power in that Proverb! Is there anyone who would not appreciate living without being threatened by their enemies? Imagine what could be accomplished if we didn’t use our resources toward defending ourselves? We could be focused on what matters, including continuing to please God.
God promises in Deuteronomy 28, Verse 1 and following, that if we obey His Commandments we will be blessed in many things; we will be blessed in the fruits of our labor and in our going out and coming in, among other things. Lord Jesus sums up all of God’s Commandments into two...that we love him, and we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. We love our neighbor by being a neighbor to them. Jesus says a neighbor is someone who can help others. This surely is pleasing to the Lord.
We please God by engaging in matters that help others. God commanded us in Genesis to be fruitful and multiply, so anything we do toward that end, including the continuation of generations of those who love Him and doing things with the idea of showing the goodness that God stands for so others would love Him as we do.
We know there are several times in the bible in which God considered destroying the people who could continue His good name, but he relented. One of those times is when the Hebrews make a golden calf to worship while Moses talks with God on Mt. Sinai. They didn’t think Moses would return to them, so they figured, ‘What the hey?’ Moses talks God out of destroying them. He reasons with Him, asking if He wants everything He was striving for to be destroyed if He destroys the very people He invested in to spread the Word. God relents. So, in the same context, anything that man does which promotes those who love Him is pleasing to Him.
Because of earthly temptations we must be mindful not to preoccupy ourselves with matters of the flesh, some of which are delineated by Jesus in Mark 7:20-23. They include sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. These would surely bring our enemies at our doorstep, as they’ve been at our doorstep for generations. Romans 8:7-8 sums it up, saying “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are [preoccupied] in the flesh cannot please God.”
In a sense, we know when we have to worry about our enemies...it is when we are preoccupied in matters of the flesh than of God. We will also know when we don’t have to worry about our enemies...it is when we pursue God’s Pleasure. So, wouldn’t the same energy we show in preparing for war, be put to better use in God’s Name?
There are some who would carry on a religious war, believe that by preparing for and engaging in crusades against the infidels they would be pleasing God. But has not God in the Psalms told us to wait for Him, and even in Deuteronomy 28:7 He tells us He will cause our enemies to flee from us?
What greater power on earth is there then, than the power of pleasing God in pursuit of peace?
God promises in Deuteronomy 28, Verse 1 and following, that if we obey His Commandments we will be blessed in many things; we will be blessed in the fruits of our labor and in our going out and coming in, among other things. Lord Jesus sums up all of God’s Commandments into two...that we love him, and we love our neighbor as we love ourselves. We love our neighbor by being a neighbor to them. Jesus says a neighbor is someone who can help others. This surely is pleasing to the Lord.
We please God by engaging in matters that help others. God commanded us in Genesis to be fruitful and multiply, so anything we do toward that end, including the continuation of generations of those who love Him and doing things with the idea of showing the goodness that God stands for so others would love Him as we do.
We know there are several times in the bible in which God considered destroying the people who could continue His good name, but he relented. One of those times is when the Hebrews make a golden calf to worship while Moses talks with God on Mt. Sinai. They didn’t think Moses would return to them, so they figured, ‘What the hey?’ Moses talks God out of destroying them. He reasons with Him, asking if He wants everything He was striving for to be destroyed if He destroys the very people He invested in to spread the Word. God relents. So, in the same context, anything that man does which promotes those who love Him is pleasing to Him.
Because of earthly temptations we must be mindful not to preoccupy ourselves with matters of the flesh, some of which are delineated by Jesus in Mark 7:20-23. They include sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. These would surely bring our enemies at our doorstep, as they’ve been at our doorstep for generations. Romans 8:7-8 sums it up, saying “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are [preoccupied] in the flesh cannot please God.”
In a sense, we know when we have to worry about our enemies...it is when we are preoccupied in matters of the flesh than of God. We will also know when we don’t have to worry about our enemies...it is when we pursue God’s Pleasure. So, wouldn’t the same energy we show in preparing for war, be put to better use in God’s Name?
There are some who would carry on a religious war, believe that by preparing for and engaging in crusades against the infidels they would be pleasing God. But has not God in the Psalms told us to wait for Him, and even in Deuteronomy 28:7 He tells us He will cause our enemies to flee from us?
What greater power on earth is there then, than the power of pleasing God in pursuit of peace?
