People try to please God in different ways. Yet, there is only one way to please God. It's when God is working in us to please Himself. He does this through our Lord Jesus Christ, "working in you what is well pleasing in His sight" (Hebrews 13:21).
If we try to please God with our own works, we are sure to fail (Isaiah 64:6). They are works of the flesh which can never please God (Romans 8:8). We simply cannot buy God's favor nor earn His blessing. Grace gives God's unmerited favor to you in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9). God is well pleased in His Son. If we please God, it's by faith alone in Christ alone.
When we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, we are well pleasing to God. He is working in us through the gospel and power of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16). If we please God, it's in Christ alone (2 Corinthians 5:17). The power of God is working in us, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
By grace through faith, believers confess Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9). God is working in believers, who are well pleasing to God (Hebrews 13:21). It's not about what we do for God, rather, it's all about what God does in us through Christ. That's when God is working in us, what is well pleasing in His sight.
