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Proverbs 16:7

When a man’s ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

When I read that this morning, I thought “Lord, let that be me!” I sure want to please the Lord in my ways. Not that I have to work for his approval, because I already have God’s approval completely in Jesus Christ. I want to keep conscious the idea of “taking every thought captive in obedience to Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). I know he desires for me to be more like Jesus each day that I breathe. Taking each thought captive to Jesus can help accomplish that. Taking something captive is usually not very easy. It requires a certain amount of pure force. Are you willing to do what it takes? Wouldn’t it be great if we pleased the Lord so, that we made even our enemies be at peace with us?

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, did you know that you don’t have to work for His approval?

He accepts you completely because of your faith in Him.

He will not leave you the way you are, however. If you are a follower of Jesus Christ his desire for you is to become more like Him, each day you are alive, moment by moment. He does the changing, but somehow we have a part in the process. We have to do something on our end of things. What a better way to please the Lord, than to take every thought captive to Him.

Are of the mindset to do just that, today?

What sticks out to you in Proverbs 16?

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