Before I heard it from Chick-fil-A, I heard a friend saying it years ago. Anytime that they would help us or do something nice for us and we told them, “Thank you,” this friend would always say, “Our pleasure.” For some reason, that always struck me when he said it. He didn’t say, “Sure,” or “No biggie,” or “You’re welcome,” or “No problem,” or any other nice (and acceptable) response. It was always, “Our pleasure.” And while I knew sometimes that what they did couldn’t have been all that “pleasurable,” that was still his response.
When we do nice things for others, what is our motivation? Is it to receive something nice from them in return (Luke 6:31-34), or is it to serve the Lord as we serve them (Matt. 25:34-40)? If it is anything like the first option, then whatever the task, it will not be “Our pleasure” to do it. But, if it is motivated by the second option, then anything done can actually be “Our pleasure.”
Thank you, my friend, for teaching me to say and to want to say, “My pleasure.”