“Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him” (2 Cor. 5:9).
We should be willing to do what is right because it’s right, but we should also do it because it brings pleasure to our God. If we perceive God to be nothing more than a tyrant who has the power to make us miserable when we get out of line, yet who remains displeased no matter how hard we try, then w…