It is a simple question, but it might lead to a complicated answer. When we are not pleased or happy with something we change it. We modify the item, situation, the circumstances and even ourselves so that we would be happy with the outcome. Now consider God. Has mankind been completely satisfied with His message? Or have we tried to change it in some way to please the created instead of the Creator? What would God need to do in order for us to be satisfied with Him? Let’s consider some biblical examples of those displeased with God. Maybe we can come to learn that God’s will for man is right no matter how we feel about it.
Moses was displeased because of the responsibilities placed on him (Num. 11:10-11). David was displeased because of God’s absoluteness in killing Uzzah (2 Sam. 6:1-8). Naaman was displeased because he valued his own opinion, “Behold I thought” (2 Kgs. 5:1-14). The rich young ruler was displeased because he wanted to hold onto the world and its goods (Matt. 19:16-22). Those that crucified Jesus were displeased because of His portrayal of holiness (Matt. 27:22-23).
Many are displeased with God’s mandates about: the home (Eph.5:22-33); marriage (Matt. 19:1-12; 2 Cor. 6:14); children (Eph. 6:4); worship (John 4:23); and personal responsibility (Phil. 2:12). There are many other things that are not written in this article, but these are written that you may see the general displeasure mankind has with God. Hopefully we do not find ourselves named among that number.
God knew that some would be displeased with the divine order and would wish to change it. So, He commanded men not to change it (Deut. 4:2; Gal. 1:8,9; Rev. 22:18,19). When Jesus taught about prayer, He included praying that God’s will be done, not our own (Matt. 6:10). In what should be properly considered the Lord’s prayer in John, Jesus prayed that men might come to know God. “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3). Paul wrote concerning the will of God as “that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Rom. 12:2).
Do you love God? Are you pleased with Him? “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him” (Deut. 7:9-10). Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15).