Beloved, the latter part of our key text says God has created all things including you, for his pleasure. What does it mean to please God? It simply means to believe him, giving him first place in everything that you do in life. This can only be achieved by those who sincerely seek God to know him and his will for their lives. When we truly know God, the Holy Spirit will help us to please him in all things.

Job was a perfect and an upright man that feared God and eschewed evil. The devil afflicted him by taking away all his possessions, killing all his children and afflicting him with an incurable disease. In all, Job did not murmur against God but chose rather to worship Him. Because of the severity of his affliction, Job's wife advised him to curse God and die but he refused to sin with his lips.

Fear is the absence of faith. And without faith it is impossible to please God. Having said, "Let us pass over unto the other side", Jesus expected His disciples to believe that they would arrive there safely. However, the Lord was disappointed because the disciples manifested fear in the face of a storm instead of trusting that they would get over to the other side. They did not believe that the Lord would do as He had said.

After you have been saved by grace through faith, you must continually prepare for the coming of the Lord, otherwise you may not make it to heaven. The five foolish virgins did not realise that they did not have enough oil until their lamps went out while waiting for the bridegroom. They were not checking continually to see if they needed to top up. Watch and pray without ceasing as you prepare for the imminent return of the Lord.

There is no better way to start anything than to start it with God. When you start your day with God, he will guide and keep you from falling into the unseen traps of the enemy. I encourage you to begin each day with the one who knows tomorrow, and your steps will be ordered in the way you should walk to fulfil God's purpose for your life. Forgetting the failures of the past, take advantage of the new day to begin afresh with God. Every day started with God is bound to end well for you.