Psalm 37:4&23 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
The steps of a man are established by the Lord when He delights in his way.
Jesus’ invitation to all people is simple but also challenging: “Come follow me”. But how do we walk in The Way that Jesus came and demonstrated to his disciples some 2025 years ago through the life He lived?
Psalm 37:3 gives you and I tangible actions that we can take to walk in The Way when it instructs us to:
“Delight yourself in the Lord…”
Pause for a moment with me and ask yourself, “What is it that I find delight in?” Is it:
finding a few moments to be alone in a quiet place with a good book?
a shiny new _____________ ? (you fill in the blank. Maybe it is a new/different vehicle, a motorcycle, a snowmobile, etc.)
a vacation escape or travel?
The list of earthly pleasures is endless. Where does “delighting in the Lord” fall for you in your list of delights? As I mature in The Way “delighting in the Lord” becomes more natural. I find greater and greater satisfaction as I go to the architect/designer of life itself. As I look to my Almighty Father for delight, my thinking becomes transformed to be more in line with God’s will and the natural result will be the second half of Psalm 37:3 where we are promised:
“and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
This process has a snowball effect. Just like a snowball grows as it rolls down a hillside, there will be growing/increasing fulfillment of my desires as I delight myself in the Lord. As I delight myself in the Lord the desires of my heart will become more and more aligned with The Way. What a wonderful, amazing process.
Similarly Psalm 37:23 instructs us that:
“The steps of a man are established by the Lord when He delights in his way.”
As God is pleased with our choices/desires, God will guide are path and firmly establish our steps. Once again, that same snowball effect. So lets all join together today and each day in delighting in the Lord, putting God-ordained desires in our hearts and receiving God’s guidance to help us walk in The Way.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you are The Way. Help me to delight in you so that I may have the right desires and so that you can bless these right-desires. I love you Lord and give my life to you. Glory be to you of Lord.
Joe Mihm
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