Daily Java: Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
When I was younger I thought this meant that God would give us whatever we wanted if we would serve him.
As I get older, I realize that there is more to this that what I thought earlier.
If we serve God (ie delight in him), if we give our lives to him, love him, he will give us the desires of our heart.
In other words, he will cause in us to happen that which is what we need to be truly happy.
What is it? I do not know. I do know, however, that it is what finishes you in his will, what completes you in his service.
There is something you are uniquely talented towards, something that only you can do. That is the desire of your heart.
Of course, that means that you may be beating your head against a wall for years trying to do something you are not talented for. The problem is that you cannot gain that desire of your heart through any action of yours.
It does mean that when you give your life to him, he gives it back with joy
The desires of your heart. Happiness.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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It's hard to trust in the Lord...to let go that much. It's more about him giving than the desires of my heart...
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