Delight Thyself In The Lord

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 37:4

Often times we prioritize things in the wrong order which leads us to getting the wrong results… In the natural realm of thinking we chase after our desires at all cost, stopping at nothing to obtain them… The psalmist reminds us today the true direction in which everyone must travel to receive “…the desires of thine heart…” There are steps which we must take in obtaining the things which we desire to have and the first step which must be taken is that we must “Delight thyself also in the Lord…” You can have desires in life, but your focus and top priority must be delighting yourself in the way and will of the Lord… You must turn away from your own desires and walk by faith knowing that God not only knows your heart, but that He will answer your prayers… It is so easy, when things don’t go the way we expected for us to try and make our own path… We find ourselves praying for something and when God doesn’t’ answer in our way we immediately try to step in and get the results that we are looking for… From studying this verse today, it’s imperative that we not only learn to be obedient to God’s desires and patient within our walk, but we also must remember that God answers in “ways that are not our ways”… Today let us practice the proverb which says lean not unto thy own understanding, in order to avoid becoming ensnared with our own desires we must make the commitment today to “delight ourselves in the Lord…” So many of us are seeking happiness, we are seeking security, we are seeking stability and the psalmist reminds us today that all this and more can be found in the Lord… Understand that God must be the priority in your life in order for you to receive the “desires of your heart…” You must delight in Him FIRST to have the door opened and the path paved for you to walk in His bountiful blessings… It’s important that we understand the importance of delighting in the Lord, so many have not received anything from the Lord simply because they don’t delight in Him… It’s one thing to go to church; it’s an entirely different thing to delight in the church that God has given you the privilege to be a part of… To take delight in something is to enjoy, find pleasure or be happy about… The psalmist says that when we take delight in the Lord we shall have the desires of our heart! This is a true promise from the Lord, but it requires a dedication and total humbling of yourself unto the Lord! When you find the delight in something you don’t want to lose it, you what it near you at all times and you cherish it. We must have a (n) attitude that says we don’t want to lose the will of God in our lives, we want Him near us every day and every hour and we simply adore Him as our King and Savior… If you attend church religiously and are still where you were when you first begin, check within and make sure that you motives are right and that you are “delighted” to be there…To delight in the Lord has multiple meanings, on the one hand we see that we must find true and pure happiness in living according to His will; however, one of the other delights that must be genuine is accepting the trials and tribulations that you encounter as a part of walking in His will… True commitment isn’t defined by attendance, but it is defined greatest in times of adversity… God isn’t look for how many people are in church for the New Year or there for communion Sunday; He’s looking for the one that will serve Him when things aren’t going the way they same and it appears that the enemy is winning (this is the delight that the Psalmist is referring too)…We must cherish the Lord when things go south, when trials seem too hard and persecution is inevitable… These are things that you must do to live according to this psalm… These are the things that you must understand for God to fulfill His promises unto you. Delight in the Lord (take pleasure in Him, in the storms you face which lead to growth and not the world that you live in) then and only then will He give you the desires of your heart!

BE BLESSED!!!