DELIGHT IN THE LORD
Delight yourself also in the LORD,
and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Whilst waiting for the full realization of what we have believed God for, we
are encouraged to maintain an attitude of gratitude and joy by delighting
ourselves in the Lord. That simply means to get excited about the things of
God. It means to praise, worship and glorify the Lord even if the answers to
our requests are delayed.
All
of us get tempted to worship and praise God only when things are going on well
with us. We get so obsessed with our problems and yield to despondency. The joy
of the Lord dries up. The smile wears off our faces. Instead of living in
expectancy of a miracle we allow the spirit of depression to dominate our
moods.
God
requires that we delight ourselves in Him as part of the process for getting
the desires of our hearts fulfilled.
Practise
Praise. When you are tempted to yield to self-pity, just open your mouth and
speak words of gratitude to God. Your feelings may be down but allow praise to
well up in your heart. Participate in the joy of others. When you hear that
someone else has received a miracle or been blessed by God, share in their joy
and be genuinely happy for them. Promote God's work. Occupy your time of
waiting with service in the house of God. Let His work be your delight and He
will make your delight His work.
Prayer: Thank God for how far he has
brought you, declare that whatever He has purposed for your life will come to
you.
Scriptural Reading: Psalm 37:1-11
