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| “Then God saw everything that he had made, and indeed it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 |
Have you ever ran into the idea of making God smile? If this truth is still new to you or you have likely not taken time to the meaning of this, let me tell an amazing truth: “You can make God smile.”
We as humans have divine opportunities to make God smile through the little or big things that we do. Let me say that in another way: you have the capacity to make God smile. The question now is how can you make God smile? With the idea that God constantly looks at us, let me suggest a few reasons why you can make God smile:
1. God Created You. You were made in the image of God (Gen.1:26). This is a fact. Even before you did anything good and you just laid there in your crib as a little baby, even then God smiled. God loves people. God loves you. And He wants you to live in His love everyday (more of this in #2). But you need to really internalize and think good that you were created in God’s image. You carry God’s creation DNA in your spirit. But let me tell you likewise that that image was and is marred by sin. Sin corrupted you and me. And do the math with the number of years and the number of ways you lived apart from God’s will. That’s why point number 2 is very important.
2. God Wants A Relationship With You. All people have turned away from God. Even if people are socially better than others, those people have turned away just like any other. As we mature, we want to be independent. Thereby we find ourselves trapped in many negative activities and attitudes. We are in desperate situation if what we do is not making God smile. But God does not leave you alone. He finds ways to get your attention. Let me repeat this: God finds ways to get your attention! Now think for a moment. Have you ever thought of this. If yes, you most probably have received messages from God in various ways. If this is your case, I have four suggestions: Listen. Receive. Believe. Obey. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
3. God Is Never Offended By Your Honest Feelings. You can be as honest as you can with your feelings to God (Genesis 3:8-11). And he will never be offended. He knows you. He loves you. He understands you. You just need to come to Him and be as honest as you should. You cannot hide anything from Him. and in spite of that, He still loves you. Ain’t that great! A God who knows every secret we have yet He still draws us with a Heavenly Fatherly kind of love! (Jeremiah 31:3) Making God smile is being vulnerable enough to Him along with your feeling, your plans, your life. Here, God’s smile is imminent! (Matthew 6:31-33)
4. God Designed You To Be A Blessing. You were designed to be a blessing because God’s image resides in you. But you cannot give what you have not received. You need to receive love from God so that you can give love to people. God’s love repairs your image. We can’t live without it. Remember, you can make God smile even at the simple actions of love we do for God and for people.(Ephesians 2:10). Go for it today!
Friend, you need God in your life! Make Him more than just smile –– make God giggle today with joy!☺
