I guess I was too traumatized by the “spider incident” to get a blog post written yesterday. Or maybe life just got in the way!
Today I want to share about a bible verse that keeps popping up in my life lately. Do you ever have that happen? It always makes me wonder if God is trying to tell me something.
It is Psalm 37:4. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Isn’t that a great verse? I’ve heard two speakers mention it over the last two weeks and it’s been buzzing about in my brain like a mosquito ever since.
It’s easy to get hung up on the last part of the verse… He will give you the desires of your heart. Who wouldn’t want that? God as Santa Claus. How fun would that be? And yet, we know that God doesn’t usually act that way. So why is it in the Bible?
Maybe it’s sort of an if-then statement. IF you delight yourself in the Lord, THEN he will give you the desires of your heart. Okay, if I delight myself in the Lord, then I get to go to Disneyworld. Right? Maybe… So how do I do that?
After spending so much money each summer taking our kids to the local pool and water park, we decided that this year we would invest in one of those vinyl above ground pools. You know the ones– they show up in the Target and Wal-mart ads around Memorial Day each year. After much wrangling, we got the monstrosity set up in the backyard and started the hose. It took two days to fill the silly thing and it was as cold as ice. But the kids are happy as larks (or fish), splashing in it every chance they get. 
I was watching them the other day as I pondered this verse. Suddenly the “delight yourself in the Lord” section made more sense. My kids were delighting themselves IN the water. They were “delighted” and they were “in.” So what does it mean to delight ourselves in the Lord? I think it must have to do with being fully immersed in His will. In His plan. In His word. I’m not much good at that. I’d rather sit on the edge and dangle my feet in. The water looks a little cold and deep sometimes.
Can we delight ourselves in the Lord by dangling a foot over the edge of faith? I don’t think so. We have to jump in with both feet. We have to soak in it.
And then? The desires of my heart? Hmmm. Well, I am suspicious that there is more to it than that. I am thinking that if I am soaking in God’s word and His spirit that my desires may change a bit. What do you think?
Let’s try soaking and see what happens.
“Fully emersed”…AMEN!!
Beautiful post. GOD BLESS, andrea
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