“Delight yourself also in the Lord; and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
We go from not fretting, refraining from envy, to trusting the Lord. Now the psalm takes an unexpected turn. David tells us that we are to delight in the Lord. I chased the word “delight” down to its Hebrew root and discovered that it means the same thing in Hebrew that it does in English, it means to enjoy and to take pleasure in something or someone. (duh?) I had to ask myself if I really enjoy God. Have you ever really thought about enjoying God? As I thought about it, I remembered all of the times that I go to Him in prayer. I get up in the morning thinking of Him and talking to Him. When I am about to go to sleep at night, I talk to Him. Yes, I enjoy God. I am grateful for the opportunity to talk to Him whenever I want. I take pleasure in His presence in my life. I will admit that there are times when I don’t enjoy Him, and that is when I disappoint Him in some way. It is like when I knew that I had done something that would disappoint my mother. I knew that she would not stop loving me, but I sure did dread the idea is that what I did might have broken her heart, and the discipline that I knew would follow. But even the discipline of God reminds us that He loves us. Be honest: Do you really enjoy the Lord? I also had to ask myself if I really take pleasure in God? The answer is a resounding YES. I take pleasure in the Lord, because He is my constant companion and friend. Jesus promised to never leave us. He has given us His Spirit to be with us all of the time. I take pleasure in the fellowship that I have with God on a daily basis. I take pleasure in worshiping Him and thanking Him for all that He has done, is doing, and will continue to do as long as I live. After that, because of faith in Jesus Christ I enjoy His presence for all eternity. Yes I take pleasure in God. He has done the same thing for you that He has done for me. Take pleasure in the fellowship that you can have with Him on a daily basis. You do not take pleasure in God if you think of Him only on Sunday. You certainly do not take pleasure in Him if you have not trusted Jesus Christ as your Savior. Based on all that I have written can you say that you delight in God? The promise is that when we delight ourselves in God, He will give us the desires of our heart. This does not mean that He will give us all we want. What it does mean is that when He is our delight the desires of our heart have to do with our relationship with Him. If that disappoints and bores you, you are not delighting in the Lord. Think about it. Bro. Joe
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Michelle Walsh
9/11/2016 10:00:59 pm
Thank you Bro Joe for your messages. Always seem to be just the topic I need to here. Your ministry blesses my life weekly. Thank you and God Bless my Friend.
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Linda Brooks
9/12/2016 12:14:56 pm
I think I am FINALLY learning that when I delight myself in the LORD, my desires become HIS desires !!!
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