We Most Please Him

God sent Jesus to show us how
That we might live like Him only,
And in so doing, we please Him.

God wants us to deeply desire
His precious Son's heavenly ways,
And in turn despise earth's vanities,
And in so doing, we please Him.

God knows that contentedness
With only what is most heavenly,
Is found through our discontent
With all that is merely earthly,
And in so doing, we please Him.

We have no lasting home here,
So, like Jesus, when we do leave,
Realizing nothing's worth taking,
Set free from this world's darkness,
And knowing God alone is enough,
Then in so doing, we most
     please Him.¹
 

Romans 12:1-2
I Corinthians 6:20, 10:31
Matthew 5:16
John 15:8

¹inspired by writings of Thomas à
Kempis in The Imitation of Christ