TODAY'S PROMISE

"Take delight in the LORD,

and he will give you your heart's desires."

(Psalms 37:4 NLT)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Trust in the LORD and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the LORD;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the LORD,

Trust also in Him, and He will do it."

(Psalms 37:3-5 NASB)

TODAY'S PROMISE

"Delight yourself in the LORD;

And He will give you the desires

of your heart."

(Psalms 37:4 NASB)

TODAY'S QUOTE

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"It is distinctive of the Christian life, that while it

grows more conscientious, it also grows less and less

a task of duty and more and more a service of delight."

-Newman Smyth   

MY DELIGHT

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We delight over different things.  Often many things.

If I suggested "chocolate" many would join me in 

voting for it.  But what is it that is the deep controlling

delight that drives us?  The main delight that controls

our life and longings?

The delight(s) of our life effect the productiveness, wellbeing 

and especially our relationship to God himself.

Jesus Christ tells of some that had the Word of God,

but:

"As for what was sown among thorns, this

is he who hears the word, but the cares of

the world and the delight in riches choke the

word, and it proves unfruitful."

(Matthew 13:22 RSV)  

This very truth is the driving focus of many Churches

today.  We delight in the things God can provide for us.

And people love to hear about it.

However, it's end result is disaster.

But consider a man who is a hero to this day.

King Dave.  A man whom God himself said

was a man after God's on heart.

Where was his delight?

"I delight to do thy will, O my God;

thy law is within my heart."

(Psalms 40:8 RSV)

With the help of God I want to shift my

delight from the things of this world to 

doing the will of God.

THE BLESSED PERSON

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, 

or stand in the way of sinners,

or sit in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD;

and in his law he mediates day and night.

And he will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 

that yields its fruit in its season;

his leaf also will not wither; 

and whatever he does will prosper.

The ungodly are not so;

but are like the chaff that the wind drives away.

Therefore the ungodly will not stand in the judgment, 

or sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous;

but the way of the ungodly will perish."

(Psalms 1, AKJV)