27 Feb Psalm 37:4 Delight in the Lord #174
Over a year ago I shared Psalm 37:3 and today I wanted to share Psalm 37:4 which says, “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” In this verse, David gives the command to “take delight in the Lord.” When I looked up what the word delight meant, it was defined as “please greatly, great pleasure, happiness, joy.” So, David is telling us to take “great pleasure in the Lord.”
If you have a spouse or a child, how would you take great pleasure in them? Not only would you need to be in their presence, but you would need to get to know them. Well God is the same way. To take delight in him, you have to know him. The more you know him and who he is, the more you will be filled with his pleasure, happiness and joy.
I love the Passion Translation of Psalm 37:4, “Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life, and he will provide for you what you desire most.” What happens when you delight yourself in the Lord? “He gives you the desires of your heart.” As you delight yourself in God, spend time with him and get to know him, naturally your desires will line up with what he has and wants for you. The point of this passage isn’t saying if you delight in God, you will get that brand new fancy car or win the lottery. No, it’s that God will give you the desires of your heart that line up with his will for you.
There is a reason that this verse starts with delighting yourself in the Lord and him fulfilling your desires next. It’s almost like David sets it as a prerequisite or makes an “if, then” statement. As you delight yourself in him, then the Lord will give you the desires of your heart. Make sure that your focus is not on what you get, but your focus is on pursuing Christ by spending time in his presence, spending time getting to know him and pursuing him for who he is. When you have delighted in God, you can trust your desires are from him and that he will always fulfill them!
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Amanda
Posted at 10:12h, 27 FebruaryThis verse is on of my favorites! He always knows exactly what we need even before we do! Thank you so much for sharing! I love your Blog and the messages you share <3
xo,
Amanda
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Bill Krafft
Posted at 10:21h, 27 FebruaryThanks for your encouragements.
Rebecca Jo
Posted at 11:18h, 27 FebruaryThe results follow if you’re starting off right 😉
Elle sees
Posted at 07:15h, 28 FebruaryAn excellent way to start off my morning with this scripture!
Cheryl
Posted at 16:40h, 28 FebruarySuch a wonderful thought to know that we can come to know Christ! The longer I serve Him and walk with Him, the more I want to know Him more. It is a painful process, many times, because in order to really know Christ, it is absolutely necessary that we partake of His sufferings. But, oh, to know Him makes it worth whatever it takes! Thank you for sharing this thought…it was a blessing to me. God bless you!
Amaris
Posted at 13:29h, 02 MarchYes!! I love this! I love your heart, Caroline!
XOXO
Keri McCue
Posted at 13:37h, 02 MarchI love the Passion version of that verse! SO good!! I’ll have to look into the Passion Translation, I’d never heard of it.
Rhonda
Posted at 14:35h, 16 MayAnother way I’ve looked at this verse in the past, is that if we delight in the Lord, He becomes our heart’s desire; thus He gives Himself to us when He gives us our heart’s desire. I don’t know if that is right or not, but it’s another view on it, that makes sense to me 🙂