Delight in the Lord
I was reading Psalm 37 today. I have always like verse 4: Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. Then, I was reading Psalm 119:16, 24. Also, see Psalm 1:2. I saw one way to delight in the Lord is to be in His Word. Psalm 119 talks about seeking after God and obeying His Word. The word delight is mentioned several times throughout the chapter. The delight starts with reading and studying the Bible and then obeying what the Word says. We come to know God through His Word. If we love Him, we obey the Bible. God loves us and He wants to answer our prayers. He truly cares about us. He wants to give us our wants and our desires and our dreams. He even gives us desires. Plus, the Word may inspire what we desire. He is good and faithful.
I googled what it means to "delight yourself in the Lord." Google says, "to delight in the Lord is to find your deepest joy, satisfaction, and peace in God rather than the temporary things of the world. Rooted in Psalm 37:4, it means aligning your heart's desires with His will, making you pliable and trusting in His plans." The Hebrew word means to experience pleasure and to be soft and pliable.
We need a personal, intimate relationship with God. We build that over time just like our other relationships. We build trust. When we really love God, we love His Word, and we want His will for our lives. We want to please Him. Our hearts become one and we want the same things.
Deuteronomy 30:9Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,
Hannah’s Prayer
Then Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
The desire of Hannah was that she wanted a baby boy. She prayed and prayed for it. It grieved her. Then, God answered her prayer and she had Samuel and other children.
1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
2 Samuel 22:20He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Nehemiah 1:11Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king.
Psalm 1:2but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
Psalm 16:6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
Psalm 18:19He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Psalm 22:8“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
Psalm 35:9Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.
Psalm 35:27May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The Lord be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant.”
Psalm 36:8They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.
Psalm 37:23The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
Psalm 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
Psalm 112:1
Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands.
Psalm 119:47for I delight in your commands because I love them.
Psalm 119:35Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Psalm 119:70Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
Psalm 119:77Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.
Psalm 119:92If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Psalm 119:143Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
Psalm 119:174I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.
Psalm 147:11the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.
Psalm 149:4For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
Proverbs 8:30Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
Proverbs 10:23A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
Proverbs 11:20The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
Saying 18
My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways,
