God Smiles When We Praise And Thank Him Continually:

Few things feel better than receiving heartfelt praise and appreciation from someone else. God love it, too. He smiles when we express our adoration and gratitude to him.
Noah’s life brought pleasure to God because he lived with a heart of praise and thanksgiving. Noah’s first act the after surviving flood was to express his thanks to God by offering a sacrifice, The Bible says “then Noah built an alter to the Lord …… and sacrificed burnt offering on it”.
Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, we don’t offer animal sacrifices as Noah did. Instead, we are told to offer God “the sacrifice of praise” and “the sacrifice of thanksgiving”. We praise God for who he is, and we thank God for what he has done. David said, “I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord.”
An amazing thing happens when we offer praise and thanksgiving to God. When we give God enjoyment, our own hearts are filled with joy.
Worship works both ways, too. We enjoy what God has done for us, and when we express that enjoyment to God, it brings him joy, but it also increases our joy. The book of psalm says, “The righteous are glad and rejoice in his presence; they are happy and shout for joy.”
God Smiles When We Use Our Abilities: After the flood, God gave Noah these simple instructions; “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth…….everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.”
God said, “It’s time to get on with your life. Do the things I designed you to do. Make love with your spouse. Have babies. Raise families. Plant crops and eat meals. Be humans! This is what I made you to be!
You may feel that the only time God is pleased with you is when you are doing “spiritual” activities, like reading the Bible, attending church, praying or sharing your faith. And you may think God is unconcerned about the other parts of your life. Actually, God enjoys watching every detail of your life, whether you are working, playing, resting, or eating. He does not miss a single move you make. The Bible tells us, “The steps of the righteous are guided by the Lord. He delights in every detail of their lives”.
Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God’s pleasure if you do it with an attitude of praise. You can wash dishes, repair a machine, sell products, preach the gospel, write a computer program, and grow a crop, and raise a family for the glory of God.
Like a proud parent, God especially enjoys watching you use the talents and abilities He has given you. God intentionally gifted us differently for his enjoyment. He has made some to be athletic or mathematics or music or a thousand other skills. All these can bring a smile to God’s face. The Bible says, “He has shaped each person in turn; now he watches everything we do”
You don’t bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you. Anytime you reject any part of yourself, you are rejecting the wisdom of God and sovereignty in creating you. God says you have no right to argue with God (your creator). You are merely a clay pot shaped by the potter. The clay doesn’t ask, “Why did you make me like this?”
God gains pleasure in watching you enjoy his creation. He gave you eyes to enjoy beauty, ears to enjoy sounds, your nose and taste buds to enjoy smells and tastes, and the nerves under your skin to enjoy touch. Every act of enjoyment becomes an act of worship when you thank God for it. In fact, the Bible says, “God… generously gives us everything for our enjoyment.” God even enjoys watching you sleep.
God is looking for people like Noah, David, Daniel, Abraham, etc in our generation. People who willing to live for the pleasure of God. The Bible says, “the Lord look down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who are wise, who want to please God”
Will you make pleasing God the goal of your life? There is nothing that God won’t do for the person totally absorbed with this goal.
Remember “The Lord is pleased with those who worship him and trust his love”