Are You Delighting In The Lord?

Week of February 23, 2024

“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37: 4-5

I think we possibly have misunderstood this scripture. It does not mean that God will give us all the things we desire in exchange for delighting in Him. The emphasis in these two verses in delighting in the Lord and committing your way to the Lord. I believe when we do these things God changes what we desire.

That which we delight in shapes the nature of our desires. So if we delight in more and bigger possessions we won’t stop until we have enough to satisfy which is probably never enough. If we delight in God, if we abide in Him then our interactions with Him shape our hearts and we end up desiring and delighting in what he desires and delights in. In other words, you are satisfied with His will and plan.

We end up making choices to follow His lead, we take steps to follow through with those things He has directed us to do. Will you choose to focus on God so that your desires delight God? Ask this question, what do your joys and hopes say about your desires? Can you truly say that you are delighting in the Lord?

God Bless, Pastor Rick