Take Delight
Psalms 37:3-4
Trust in the LORD and do what is good; dwell in the land and live securely. Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Most of us know this passage by heart. It gives us a wonderful promise of the benefit of trusting God. If we will simply take delight in Him, He will give us the very desires of our hearts. Just what does it mean, however, to take delight in the LORD? We need to pair this passage with Jesus’s instruction in Luke 6:47-48:
“Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say? I will show you what someone is like who comes to Me, hears My words, and acts on them: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the river crashed against that house and couldn’t shake it, because it was well built.”
To take delight in the Lord is to listen to Him and do the things He says. By doing this, we dig deep and lay the foundation of our lives in Him. Storms will rage against us, as we all know. When they do, they will not be able to shake us. When we are firmly established in the Word of God, He will give us the desires of our hearts because they can’t destroy us. Our desires are of Him, and the Devil can’t use them to tear us from Him.
Dig deep today and lay the foundation of your heart with God’s Word. Do what He says, and make His Word alive and active in your daily life. When you do what He says, you cannot be shaken. By taking delight in Him, you will build a firm foundation that will accommodate the very things He has placed in your heart. Such a foundation is one of integrity that displays the glory of God for which you were created.
Have a blessed day!