Make Him Smile

What was the most expensive gift you have given to someone? Do you still remember how much it had cost you? Do you still remember how much effort did it take just for you to be able to give that gift? Oftentimes when we give something to our loved one, it takes too much time and effort for us to give that gift. It doesn’t even matter to us how much it will cost, as long as we can make sure that our loved ones will be greatly happy and will surely appreciate our gifts.

The sad part is that we are not like that when it comes to giving to God. Have we already given something costly to the Lord? Have we already tried to exert an effort or give extra time in making that piece of offering to our God, the Lord who has given everything that we need? Have we already tried to make him happy with our simple efforts, or we simply forgot just how to make him smile even for a little in a day?

One thing that we need to understand is that the Lord does not care on whatever we can give, but what he appreciates the most would just be our simple efforts that we do to please Him. Why would he be so needy if He has everything in this world? But as a loving father who is very appreciative on everything that we do, it brings simple joy to our God if we at least try to make something significant for him.

What we must realize is that every good thing that we do is accounted in the Lord. The more it will be if what we give is something costly. And what can be considered our costly offerings if the Lord is the owner of everything in this world? These would be the things that own our heart. These are the things that we find hard to offer. These things are our Isaacs as compared to Abraham in the Bible. These are the things that are from the Lord but we claim it as ours and we do not even share with Him. It might be treasures and money for some rich people, it might be time for those busy ones, or it might be dreams for the hopefuls. Sometimes our Isaacs even become the wall that keeps us at a distance with our heavenly Father without us realizing it.

Let us remember how the Lord provided for blessings in our daily lives. Not only that he never fails to provide for our necessities but just the fact that He has offered His most important possession and His beloved Son for us would be enough reason for us to appreciate His goodness and to give what is due to Him.

After all, no matter what we do and no matter how much effort we exert for someone, nobody in this world can compare with the very special kind of love and grace that the Lord can offer us. Let us try to give something costly for Him, just at least once in our lives. It will surely be appreciated. But more than anything else, God wants you. He is waiting for you to draw near to Him and this will surely make Him smile and will even throw a big party in heaven for you.