Well Pleasing

Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 

Hebrews 13:20-21 

What is well pleasing in the sight of God? Within the context, the writer of Hebrews is speaking of God’s equipping of us to engage in good works which are His will for us.  In order to perfect us, He must do works of grace in us. Thus He, through the Spirit of Christ, renews us in our whole person after the image of Christ and enables us to die more and more unto sin and to live unto righteousness. When He equips us, the end result is well pleasing in His sight because He has conformed us to the image of Christ and prepared us to do good works which are like what he did. Christ said this would be so. ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.’ God is well pleased with what He has done in us to conform us to Christ’s likeness, because He is using us as the Body of Christ on earth as well as preparing us to spend eternity in His Presence. This equipping of us is an ongoing work of grace which continues throughout our lifetime. He is well pleased with where we are today and will be well pleased with where He brings us every step of our pilgrim pathway.  

Our Holy and Wise God, 
we praise You that You continue Your work in us. 
We rejoice that you will conform us to what 
is most pleasing in Your sight.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning