We hear a lot these days about how God is so crazy about us that He wants to fill our lives with all that the world has to offer, that He wants to satisfy all our desires. According to one well known speaker, God wants us to have our best life now! And, He makes it so easy. Speak it, believe it, and its yours.

That’s not what the bible says is it? Right here, in these few words, we see a different message. To delight means to find pleasure in, be satisfied, to enjoy. The psalmist begins by telling us to delight in the Lord. How do we that? In 2 Corinthians 13:5 Paul tells us to examine ourselves, let’s start there.

Our worship. Do we make it more about us than about God? Is it more about our getting those “warm fuzzy” feelings than than about glorifying Christ? Does our worship draw more us into ourselves or closer to God?

Our heart’s desire. Is it for the things of the world or the things of God? Do we long to satisfy our flesh or satisfy the Lord?

He [the Lord] will give. Yes, there it is. There is the promise. I’m sure you’ve heard “the heart wants what it wants”; what is it that your heart wants? When we set our heart on the Lord, when the desire of our heart is less of self and more of Jesus, He will not just give us our desire, He will give abundantly, to overflowing, without measure.

Let our prayer today be “give me more Lord, more of You”.

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