The chief aim of believers is to give pleasure to God. Peter said this much in his epistle.
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special
people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into
His marvelous light;” (
“How well we do this will be determined by how focused we are on the Master.”
To succeed at this chief task, two things must be our watchword. The first is what we
learned yesterday. We must discard the popular for what is proper. Going after every
fad will stand in the way of showing the light of God to the world. The second thing is
what our text dwells on. If we must fulfill this duty of giving God pleasure, then our eyes
must be on Jesus, the Captain of the Hosts. In an orchestra, the eyes of all players are
on the conductor. That is how they produce harmony. In our context, Jesus is the
Conductor of our orchestra, and on Him must be all focus. We should always see
ourselves as being called to perform on the world stage. We are to give the sweet
melody of Christ’s gospel to the world of noise and confusion. How well we do this will
be determined by how focused we are on the Master.