Good Morning,
The year 2010 will hold for us plenty of adventures of faith. The Lord has been speaking to me about delighting myself in Him. Too often we are waiting on that "something' or that 'someone' to give us delight, our delight should always be based upon our relationship with God. Then our lives would become more stable and fixed, because all of the other things are temporal and fleeting. Then and only then we would enjoy every moment of our lives, based on our delight in God and not in the ever changing 'things'. Delight means a high degree of pleasure or satisfaction. Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy and not dependent on sudden excitement. This delight comes with its own reward. Psalms 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you your heart's desire." Now I am advocating that we just take pleasure in God because He is good, even when we are not aware of His goodness to us. To just 'do' the Word of God since it is our part of the covenant. We must keep pursuing the works of righteousness, until our heart's desire is His Word, first and upper most in our lives. "I take delight (a high degree of pleasure and satisfaction) in doing your will, my God for your instructions are written on my heart." (Psalms 40:8) Our focus this year should be in taking pleasure and satisfaction in doing the Word even when others are not. Isaiah wrote these verses after telling about all of the blessings and benefits that would come to those who are planted like great oaks in the Lord. Are you one of those great oaks, one that is rooted and grounded in His Word and not easily moved by circumstances whether conditions are favorable or not? "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments and as a bride adorns herself with jewels." (Is. 61:10) Notice the small word will – to make a choice, willingness, intention and consent; it expresses simple desire; used to express frequent or habitual action or tendencies. Greatly rejoice means to the highest degree and intensity; magnanimously, be glad in and take great delight in and pleasurable satisfaction. With preceding promises such as; double share of honor; ancient ruins being rebuilt; foreigners being your servants; feeding on treasures of nations; and possessing a double portion of prosperity; Isaiah's great delight is in the Lord, not in the 'things' that the Lord provides. This year as we delight in the Lord He will in turn give us the desires of our heart. So let's take great pleasure and receive the highest degree of satisfaction in the Lord. Let's make an habitual action and frequent tendencies to do the will of the Lord.
Psalm 37:4
Love,
Pastor D.
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