PDL #9 - Making Him smile

so if our first purpose is to make Him smile, so we should know what are the things that will make Him smile right?

God smiles when:

• we trust Him completely
• we obey Him wholeheartedly
• we praise and thank Him continually
• we use our abilities

the character example the author used was Noah. Noah is a character that really shows his obedience and his trust clearly. Im always reminded of the hollywood adaptation of Noah - Evan Almighty. basically in the movie, Evan went through what Noah did, but in the modern context. Evan was tasked by God to build an ark so that they can escape the flood. the setting of the show was that the place Evan stayed at was going through a long period of drought, hence, a flood is pretty much the most ridiculous thing that can happen then, from human's point of view. after some struggling and bargaining, Evan was convinced by God, and went ahead with the building while getting ridiculed and laughed at.

it is so true isnt it. when God asks us to do things, they will often be seen as ridiculous things by people who dont understand. they will laugh at christians for doing weird things. many will falter, fearing the judgement by their peers, but many will go against the odds and stay faithful to their calling.

who are you in this story? laughing at things you dont understand? faltering when being laughed at? standing strong even against persecutions because you know something others dont?