28
Jun
2006
God Delight!
Psalm 37:4
‘Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart’
What a great verse, and what an easy to follow verse….You would think,
What does it mean to delight in God? Beause according to this verse that is all that is between You and reaching the desires of Your heart.
While there is certainly a cause-and-effect relationship between “delighting in the Lord” and receiving the desire of our hearts, this verse states what is true of all believers who delight in their relationship with the Lord – their needs become their desires. That is to say, what they desire for themselves becomes that which God’s desires for them to have. Their desires line up with God’s desires, so that what they ask for is what God is already pleased to grant them.
Psalm 37:4 is not promising you anything you want on the condition that you simply obey the Lord, far from it. It is guaranteeing you that if you commit your ways to the Lord in obedient faith, the Lord will give you the very desires that you should have and then He will fulfill them for you. Also don’t be tempted to envy unbelievers who have acquired their success in life illegitimately.
Today – Just delight in God – not to get desires of your heart, but what about just Delighting in God because of his Awesomeness!
