...And The Lord Wants Us To Delight In These Things

Delight yourself also in the Lord,

And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

What an amazing promise! If we delight in Him, He will grant the desires of our hearts. By delighting in Him, His desires become our desires – we become one with Him. I encourage you to meditate on each of these areas and increase the way you live each of these points day by day.

• Delight in the ways of the Lord 2 Chron. 17:6
And his heart took delight in the ways of the Lord; moreover he removed the high places and wooden images from Judah (Also: Is. 58:2)

Ask the Lord to remove all the things in your heart and life that can sometimes become idols: sport, entertainment, relationships, attitudes and opinions, etc. These may not be evil in themselves, but can grow to a place where they take over and crowd out our devotion for the Lord.

• Delight in peace Ps. 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Ask the Lord to make you a peacemaker – not just a lover of peace. Being a peace make sometimes requires difficult decisions.

• Delight in doing the will of God Ps. 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.


Ask the Lord for His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Bill Johnson: What is the will of God? On earth as it is in heaven. If it does;t exist there, its not supposed to exist here. If it does exist there, its supposed to exist here.

• Delight in the comfort of God Ps. 94:19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.


Ask the Lord to comfort you so that you can be a comfort to others.

• Delight in the law of the Lord Ps 1:2 
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.


…and in His statutes Ps. 119:16; testimonies 119:24; commandments 119:35, 47; law 119:70, 77, 92, 174; Rom. 7:22

Ask the Lord to give you a love for His Word and His ways

• Delight in the spiritual nourishment and provision of the Lord Is. 55:2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.


Ask the Lord that you might taste and see that He is good. We have to open up all of our spiritual senses to His presence, so that we might know Him deeply.

• Delight in the Sabbath Is. 58:13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,


Ask the Lord to help you carve out this day (any day) to wait on Him. Make His presence your priority and delight.

• Delight in the presence of the Lord Is. 58:14 Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the Lord has spoken."


Also: Job 22:26
For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, And lift up your face to God.
(Job 27:10; 33:26; Ps. 37:4)

Song of Sol. 2:3 The Shulamite Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.


Ask the Lord to give you a burning passion for His presence. In the end, He is our greatest delight.