Life group at church Wednesday night launched into a part of our discussion that addressed the question, “What does it mean to delight yourself in the Lord?” I’ve thought some more about this since then, and I now see something I had never seen quite like this before.
As we were going through Psalm 37, we parked at verse four, which states, “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” I asked the life group what they think it means to delight in God. All responses were excellent: living as God wants us to, praising Him even in difficult times, singing, and rejoicing were some things we focused on.
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Following that gathering, however, I just kept feeling like there was something there that I could sense but couldn’t quite put my finger on. I believe that delighting oneself in the Lord is everything everyone said. But what hit me upon further reflection is that delighting yourself in the Lord is when you make the Lord your “enough.” In other words, “I’m satisfied with Jesus.” When He is the end-all, be-all, everything else is gravy—or icing on the cake for those dessert-minded folks. 😊
The second part of that verse then comes into play: He will give me the desires of my heart. But first, He is my delight. So it’s not just that I praise Him and sing to Him and live the way He says, but it’s that He is my actual delight. Are you hearing what I’m saying? He is enough for me, and in exchange for Him being my enough, He gives me the things I would like secondary to Him. It reminds me of when God, Who had already been good to Solomon, gave him a blank check, so to speak (1 Kings 3). Solomon wrote “Wisdom” on that check. And God said because you didn’t ask for x, y, and z, I am going to give you what you did ask for, but I am also going to give you the x, y, and z you didn’t ask for. I’m in no way saying we shouldn’t ask God for things. Not at all. The Scriptures tell us to ask our Father what we will. What I’m saying is it’s the matter of the heart. And I see in Psalm 37:4 that when I make God my delight—my enough—He then gives me more than enough. I’m not playing a role to get more. He literally is my enough, and, then, the rest just is what it is.
I had to share this because I see something in it I hadn’t seen until this week, but I was feeling prompted to see something else there. I hope it blesses you as it blesses me!
What do you think?
Excellent! What you explain here about God being your “enough” is something I’ve come to realize, as well, but you explain it better than I could have. Actually my dad used to say that quite a bit. Great Word! Thank you for sharing!