Delight in God
Thursday, February 1
Delight in God
Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37:4
Our greatest good is to delight in God. As God sets the standard of good, He commands us to delight in Him, and in doing so, He can reason with us about our needs and wants. For true delight in the Lord leads to aligned desires. As our heart’s desire is to find great joy, we will only be satisfied when we obey God’s command to delight in the Lord.
The verse does not say “Delight yourself in yourself, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” It reads, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” There is a direct correlation between the object of delight and the nature of the desires given. When we delight in the Lord and find Him to be the source and sustenance to our greatest joy, then the desires that He creates within us are those desires to delight in Him still more. Such desires lead to eternal life with Him.
As we are filled with God, so our desires are transformed from earthly desires to spiritual desires. If we truly have God as our greatest delight, then the desire of our heart will be more of Him. Here, God is happy to oblige. He enables us or inclines us to delight even more in Him, and in this we too are most satisfied.
Today I encourage you to reflect on your desires and surrender them to God. Ask Him to shape your desires according to His perfect plan. As we delight ourselves in Him who is most delightful, so our heart is filled with more desire for Him who is most delightful.
Prayer for today: Dear God, today and every day, help us to seek You first. Help us to stay Christ-focused and Holy Spirit-guided that we would come to know You greater and trust You more. Help us to never doubt You in any way, but to put our faith and hope in You always Amen.