After letting Jesus know that he was pleasing to him, God led him into the wilderness for a trial. God does the same for us. Trials are never a pleasant event and what we must remember is that we are pleasing to God and the trial has not come because we are displeasing.
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. (Mark 1:11-12)
Remembering that you are pleasing to God will enable you to withstand the battle that will take place in your heart and mind. During the trial, the enemy will accuse God of being unloving and not caring. Clinging to the truth of his love and that you as his child are pleasing to him will provide much needed strength. Sadly those with a legalistic view who never hear God's words of being pleasing to him, will succumb to the lies of the enemy.
If earthly fathers can be pleased with their children in spite of their failures and actions which bring disappointment, how much more can our Heavenly Father be pleased with us.
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