The purpose of our lives is to please Go

The purpose of our lives is to please God
Hebrews 11
v6 and so with faith we know we please Him.
We can please Him.
This is not a goal, not an achievement. It is possible for us all now.
How?
By faith. What kind of faith? Big faith?
No. Just faith that He exists even when it looks like He doesn’t.
In this chapter we have great stories in faith for Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses parting the Red Sea, the Jericho walls falling down AND v33, v34 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

This is great faith. A faith that makes the present different.
BUT
v35-39!
It’s the same faith.
Some would escape and some would be enabled, like the 21 Egyptian Christians beheaded yesterday in Libya. So often we pursue a faith to change the present circumstances of our life.
Great faith is the faith that endures.
To please God we need to believe He exists even when it looks like He doesn’t. To believe He isn’t a million miles away even when it fells like He is. To believe He is with you even when there is little to show for it.
The pressures of your life can be the evidence of God’s work in your life.
The presence of God is more important than the answers of God.