7 Things - We Delight In...

Psalm 1 highlights the benefits of delighting in the law of the Lord. I was interested to find out what else God wants us to set our hearts upon – here are 7 things we are called upon to delight in from the Book of Psalms:

• The Lord wants us to delight in His laws – and to meditate on them day and night: Ps. 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Also Ps. 40:8 – when we have His laws written on our hearts, we will delight in doing His will; Ps. 119:70, 77 …and we will receive His tender mercies. Ps. 119:92 Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction; Ps. 119:174


• The Lord wants us to delight in Him – and He will grant the desires of our hearts: Ps. 37:4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.


• The Lord wants us to delight in peace – Ps. 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.


• The Lord wants us to delight in the comfort He gives – Ps. 94:19 In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.


• The Lord wants us to greatly delight in His commandments – it seems that the fear of the Lord is foundation for delighting in His commands – Ps. 112:1 Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
Also: Ps. 119:35, 47; 119:143 Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, Yet Your commandments are my delights.


• The Lord wants us to delight in His statutes: His Word – Ps. 119:16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.


• The Lord wants us to delight in His testimonies – where we obtain wise counsel – Ps. 119:24 Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.


…And the Lord delights in these 3 things – He delights in His people in general, me (you) specifically, and every detail of our lives:

• The Lord delights in His people – Ps. 16:3 As for the saints who are on the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”


• The Lord delights in me (you) – Ps. 18:19 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.


Ps. 22:8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”


• The Lord delights in every detail of our lives – Ps. 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, And He delights in his way.