Delight and Commit
Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
I know that we all have heard this verse, repeated it to others, and even claimed it!!
But, have we used it in the right context? Have we used it as our laundry list for God...
"You see, God, I am doing good, so give me ................(fill in your blanks)..."Do we only Expect things of God, rather that giving 100%, we do the obligatory rather than the hard things just to get by!!
However, the first part of the verse commands: Delight yourself in the Lord---this not only means to be a Christian, but to have joy in the Lord.The Old Testament. Two of the most common Hebrew terms for delight are hepes [,pej], "to bend towards, to be inclined towards [an object or person], " and rasa [h'x'r], "to delight or take pleasure in."
God delights in the obedience of his children more than in sacrifices (1 Sam 15:22). Obedience to his commands so pleases God that he will prosper his people as they walk in his way.
I may be way off key, but I believe that one must find joy and contentment in the Lord, and Him alone and then, he causes us to have the desires of our hearts. (do we not often find once we get the desires of our heart it is not as we envisioned it to be??) God wants all our actions to be inclined to Him -FOR HIS GLORY!!
WE WOULD BE AMISS TO EXCLUDE THE FOLLOWING VERSE:
5: Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
If you commit, you have a 'contract' to perform as you have promised!! But, friends, sin enters daily, and we get to busy to give God His due!! He who is our reason for living surely deserves first place on our priority list.....when we trust and walk in Him, HE give us the answers and provides....
As long as we work on life's issues by ourselves, they will never work......I also believe we cannot help others God puts in our way unless we first are committed to delight ourselves in Him alone!!
Our words are void unless we put them into action!
I know that we all have heard this verse, repeated it to others, and even claimed it!!
But, have we used it in the right context? Have we used it as our laundry list for God...
"You see, God, I am doing good, so give me ................(fill in your blanks)..."Do we only Expect things of God, rather that giving 100%, we do the obligatory rather than the hard things just to get by!!
However, the first part of the verse commands: Delight yourself in the Lord---this not only means to be a Christian, but to have joy in the Lord.The Old Testament. Two of the most common Hebrew terms for delight are hepes [,pej], "to bend towards, to be inclined towards [an object or person], " and rasa [h'x'r], "to delight or take pleasure in."
God delights in the obedience of his children more than in sacrifices (1 Sam 15:22). Obedience to his commands so pleases God that he will prosper his people as they walk in his way.
I may be way off key, but I believe that one must find joy and contentment in the Lord, and Him alone and then, he causes us to have the desires of our hearts. (do we not often find once we get the desires of our heart it is not as we envisioned it to be??) God wants all our actions to be inclined to Him -FOR HIS GLORY!!
WE WOULD BE AMISS TO EXCLUDE THE FOLLOWING VERSE:
5: Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
If you commit, you have a 'contract' to perform as you have promised!! But, friends, sin enters daily, and we get to busy to give God His due!! He who is our reason for living surely deserves first place on our priority list.....when we trust and walk in Him, HE give us the answers and provides....
As long as we work on life's issues by ourselves, they will never work......I also believe we cannot help others God puts in our way unless we first are committed to delight ourselves in Him alone!!
Our words are void unless we put them into action!
posted by Memories for a Lifetime at
5:39 PM
2 Comments:
As we delight in Him, our heart's desire are changed and come into alignment with what he wants for us.
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Rita Loca, at 4:16 PM
ZI will print this out for future reference. I needed it myself, but am thinking of 4 others I'd love to share it with!
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Unknown, at 10:32 PM
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