Colossians 1:10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Paul knew God had told him to go out and tell many different people about God; and so he did so, willingly.

His prayers for the people he met and taught were not that they would give up everything and come to him to be taught, but he would be able to go out to them and God would fill them with the right knowledge and wisdom.

Sometimes we have to trust others to do what we know has to be done because we cannot be in all places at the same time – that is God’s realm and what He is going to do as long as we sow the seeds.

Romans 8:8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

Whilst we continue to do the same things the people around us are doing and continue to live a life without Christ, we continue to find it very hard to please God.

If we want to please our God then we need to do things which are closer to what He wants in our lives.

He is probably not asking you to give everything up and live in a local church – He is probably asking you to take on board all He is trying to teach you and share it with others to let them know what you now know.

We may live in this world but we do not have to live for the world!

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Whilst we may still doubt our faith at times, Jesus does not doubt us or limit His love and mercy toward us.

When He talked about how much faith we needed, it was not a description of a huge bucket full but the smallest of seeds the Jews knew of instead.

Jesus knows we do doubt things, but He also knows that a tiny spec of faith shows Him we love Him and that pleases Him; for that Christ is willing to reward us!