GODNESS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS BETTER THAN MAN PLEASING

Ecclesiastes 2:26 To the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness, but to the sinner, he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

No man is of himself good, or naturally so, but evil, very evil, like all the descendants of Adam are; there are some that are good in their own eyes, and in the sight of others, and yet not truly good; they are only really good, who are so in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and knows what is in man; they are such who are made good by his efficacious grace; who are inwardly, and not merely outwardly so; who are good at heart, or who have good hearts, clean hearts, new and right spirits created in them; who have a good work of grace upon their hearts, and the several graces of the Spirit implanted there; who have the good Spirit of God in them, in whose heart Christ dwells by faith; and who have the good word of Christ dwelling in them, and have a good treasure of rich experience of the grace of God; and who, in one word, are born again, renewed in the spirit of their minds, and live by faith on Jesus Christ. The phrase is rendered, "whosoever please God", ( Ecclesiastes 7:26  I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.); and he is one that is accepted with God in Christ, his beloved Son, in whom he is well pleased; and so is irreprovable in his sight; and who by faith looks to and lays hold on this righteousness, and does all he does in the exercise of faith, without which it is impossible to please God. To such a man God gives wisdom and knowledge, and joy;

wisdom to acquire knowledge, to keep, use, and improve it; and joy, to be cheerful and thankful for the good things of life: or rather this may design, not natural wisdom, but spiritual wisdom, wisdom in the hidden part, so as to be wise unto salvation, and to walk wisely and circumspectly, a good man's steps being ordered by the Lord; and knowledge of God in Christ, and of Christ, and of the things of the Gospel, and which relate to eternal life; and so spiritual joy, joy and peace in believing, in the presence of God, and communion with him; joy in Christ, and in hope of the glory of God, even joy unspeakable, and full of glory; all which, more or less, at one time or another, God gives to those who are truly good; and which is not to be found in worldly wisdom, pleasure, riches, power, and authority: the interpretation is,

``to the man, whose works are right before God, he gives wisdom and knowledge in this world, and joy with the righteous in the world to come;''

but to the sinner, he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. 

 to gather together a lot of riches, but without wisdom and knowledge to use them, without any proper enjoyment of them, or pleasure in them; all he has is a deal of trouble and care to get riches, without any comfort in them, and he has them not for his own use: But that he may give to [him that is] good before God;

so it is ordered by divine Providence sometimes, that all that a wicked man has been labouring for all his days should come into the hands of such who are truly good men and will make a right use of what is communicated to them. "This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind."

not to the good man, but to the wicked man: it pays a lot to please the Lord, we can see from our theme that he gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those He pleases. Without faith it is impossible to please Him[AMP] - Heb 11:6 But without faith, it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him.

 For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. Have Faith in the Lord and you will forever be blessed. Faith comes by hearing aid hearing by the Word of God.[AMP] - Rom 10:17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself). For your faith to grow cling yourself to the Word and the Lord will be pleased with you.

Prayer: Dear Lord, I want to live my life to please you, I know it is only through faith I will be able to please You, help me study, and be a good hearer of the Word as I grow my faith in Jesus name. Amen

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