Getting God's Stamp of Approval

We often think that when things are going good for us (bills paid, cars running, family healthy, etc.) that God must be happy with how we're living.  That is WRONG... just so we're clear.  Your circumstances are not good indicators of God's approval of your lifestyle or choices.

Getting God's stamp means a little more than money in the bank or even your health.  We're talking about the God of the universe here who has a love for each person that is so incredible we can't begin to fully comprehend it.

So Luke tells us in Acts 11 (MSG) that some of the Jewish Christians had pleased God through their lives and His pleasure was seen not in material increase but in the number of people who came to faith.  That's right, God's pleasure was displayed through more changed lives.

If you want to know if you're pleasing God in by your life, begin looking at the measure that is important to Him - lives changed forever.  If there are no changed lives around you then it's time to ask how you might begin to please God.

God's stamp of approval is seen through fruit bearing - changed lives are the number one indicator of God's pleasure with your life.