Those who look to the heavenly Father, seeking Him for guidance and strength to walk in His ways, will be searching His Word for ways to please Him! If we have this desire to please God, then we will be joyful in knowing ways to please God.
As we saw in 8 Things That Delight the Heavenly Father, there are many things that please and delight Yahuwah Elohim [Hebrew name for the LORD God]. However, there is one particular verse in the Bible that sums up three ways to please Father God. They are three important characteristics of ‘the one’ who gains His attention, and thus is pleasing Him:
… to this man will I look (saith Yahuwah [the LORD]), even to him that is poor (humble, lowly) and of a contrite spirit (a sorrowful spirit), and trembles at My Word. (Isaiah 66:2b)
These three important characteristics are what Yahuwah [the LORD] is looking for among His children!
- Having a humble spirit
- Having a contrite [sorrowful] spirit
- Trembling at His Word
We could say that these are the characteristics that ‘the eyes of Yahuwah [the LORD]’ are Searching for throughout the whole earth, as it says in 2Chronicles 16:9a — For the eyes of Yahuwah [the LORD] run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect (upright, blameless) toward Him.
These characteristics must certainly delight our heavenly Father because He also tells us that He will DWELL with those who are of ‘a contrite and humble spirit’ (Isaiah 57:15)!!
Once we are Born-Again, each one of these characteristics ought to be standard traits that begin to grow strong in the children of Yahuwah Elohim [the LORD God]. Father God looks for these three KEY characteristics in His children – HIS children who are walking by faith, looking to Him and to His WORD for His guidance, strength, and comfort.
If we are lacking in these qualities, we can cultivate them, by Father’s grace! These three characteristics are not difficult to acquire because there are many promises in the Bible where God promises to hear and answer the prayers of His humble children!
So let’s look at each one of these three characteristics.
A First Key to Pleasing God – Having A Humble Spirit
Having a humble spirit ought to be an on-going characteristic of the children of Yahuwah [the LORD]. Yet keeping a humble heart is sometimes a battle! We are often inclined to let a hard-hearted-ness attitude rear-up its ugly head. So it is important to seek to be of a humble spirit continually in order to avoid selfishness and pride, and thus remain close to God!
Humility helps us to crush our tendency to a selfish nature. Humble souls are willing to recognize our own faults and weaknesses, thus making us more tender-hearted toward others. The humble of heart desire to maintain a right spirit before the heavenly Father (Psalms 51:10).
For me, I find it helpful to ask Father God to HELP ME be of a humble spirit! I ask Him to ‘teach me His ways’ and give me a heart to WANT to please Him in all I do (Psalms 25:9). Also helpful is to set aside times for fasting unto God. This is an important way for keeping a humble spirit, as we are told in a little phrase in Psalms 35:13 — I humbled my soul with fasting.
For more insight on pleasing God by keeping a ‘humble spirit’ see: Turning From Darkness To Light and Entering the Kingdom: Step 2 .
A Second Key to Pleasing God – Having A Contrite (Sorrowful) Spirit
Having a ‘contrite spirit’, or sorrowful spirit, is a description of a truly repentant heart. Having a repentant heart, as many of us know, is a requirement to knowing God’s salvation through His Son, Yahushua Messiah [the Hebrew name for Jesus Christ]. A soft, sorrowful heart is essential in order to be Born-Again.
A contrite spirit is evident in one who is sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s nudges and is therefore quick to follow God’s leading. A contrite spirit is a treasured quality that should be nurtured and cherished. Let us be careful to not violate that tender place within us that will help us to be quick to repent, quick to forgive, and careful to not hold a grudge or become bitter.
Having a contrite spirit is a natural outcome of a humble, tender-hearted spirit. Keeping an on-going humble spirit and an on-going contrite spirit are two KEY characteristics for pleasing our heavenly Father.
A Third Key to Pleasing God – One Who Trembles at His Word
This characteristic of ‘trembling at Yahuwah’s Word’ is another Key for pleasing our heavenly Father. Trembling at God’s Word means we will be very attentive to studying and learning His Word. It means we will have a holy reverence and awe for Yahuwah’s [the LORD’s] Word. And, we will receive God’s Word As It Is — not as words of human wisdom, but as the WORD of the Almighty, Living, Eternal God!
Trembling at His Word means we will be diligent to learn to distinguish between what Yahuwah [the LORD] has said in the Scriptures, and what are men’s twisted teachings of the Scriptures. Trembling at His Word means that we love the Truth of the Scriptures. This can be seen when we earnestly desire to study the Scriptures ourselves, to see for ourselves what the Scriptures actually say! When we know God’s Word for ourselves then we can make any necessary adjustments to our lifestyle in order to bring ourselves into obedience to what His Word says.
By trembling at God’s Word, we will be exercising our discernment over His Word, and seeking to preserve our obedience to Him. Thus we will begin to recognize the good Word of the Scriptures and the corrupt words and practices of twisted, man-made teachings.
Trembling at His Word means we will be obedient to Father’s Word. We will be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit’s guidance, which will always be in agreement with God’s Word. And we will be sure to communicate our commitment to the Word of God to others, because we want to honour our heavenly Father in the presence of others.
“Oh, see to it that the Word of God is in you, in your very soul, permeating your thoughts, and so operating upon your outward life, that all may know you to be a true Bible-Believer, for they perceive it in your words and deeds.” – Charles H. Spurgeon
Trembling at the Word of Yahuwah [the LORD] is another on-going quality for the children of Yahuwah. When we maintain this characteristic, then we will be more inclined to grow and mature in Messiah in many ways. Seeking to cultivate this precious quality will help us to maintain our reverent ‘Fear of the LORD,’ and help us make any necessary adjustments in order to be pleasing to Father God.
Let us remember that walking with our heavenly Father is not a motionless condition. We ought to be growing and making adjustments in our lives periodically, as the Holy Spirit is guiding us into all truth. If we are not allowing Father’s Word to work changes into our behaviour then we ought to have a concern for this. A static condition is evidence of someone who is not maintaining a humble heart and is not trembling at God’s Word. May it be that all of us will diligently seek to be of a soft and teachable heart, earnestly desiring to please God by walking in His ways.
Desiring To Please Father
If we desire in any way to please Yahuwah [the LORD], then let us look to Him with sincere faith, trusting Him to help us to please Him. Here is one thing Derek Prince said about pleasing the Father:
“I am training myself to approach every situation and decision with a single, simple question: How can I please my Father? In times of frustration or failure, I seek to turn my focus from trying to solve the problem to maintaining an attitude that is pleasing to my Father.” — Derek Prince
Let us look to Father God in prayer (because He is looking to us – Isaiah 66:2b), and begin to seek His amazing enabling grace to help us build and maintain these Three Highly-Treasured KEY charcteristics into our lives:
- Having a humble spirit
- Having a contrite spirit
- Trembling at His Word
It is these qualities that Father is searching for! He is looking throughout the whole earth to strongly support such a precious soul! (2Chronicles 16:9a)
May it be, by God’s grace, that you and I will be among ‘the ones’ that the Father is pleased to notice and look at!
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