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Make It Our Goal to Please God

Date: Oct. 23, 2026

Passage

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Our Heavenly Dwelling

5:1 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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Key Verse: 2 Corinthians 5:9

So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.

One day, our earthly bodies will be destroyed like temporary tents. But we have a sure hope: an eternal building from God in heaven. God is the architect and builder of this house, and it will be more beautiful than Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. Though we experience weakness, suffering, and groaning in this life, we do not lose heart because God has promised us a glorious heavenly dwelling and has given us the Holy Spirit as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come.

Because of this hope, we are always confident and heavenly-minded. Our goal is to please God. We don’t live to please ourselves, but God who prepared the best things for us in heaven and on earth.

Paul embodied this faith. For him, “to die is gain (Php 1:21).” Jim Elliot said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” They dared to die for the glorious resurrection waiting for them. The world teaches us to make it our goal to please ourselves or others. But we live by faith, not by sight. Because of our hope for the glorious resurrection, we lose ourselves for God and the gospel.

Prayer: Father, thank you for preparing an eternal house for us. Thank you for clothing us with Jesus. I want to please you today. Help me to live by faith.

One Word: My goal is to please God

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