Worship By Delighting in His Ways
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37.4
David, the man after God’s own heart (Acts 13.22), is continually talking about his delight in the Lord. To him, God is not a dictator laying out the rules or a weak god without the power to care what you do, He is a father loving (Psalm 68.5); He is a shepherd leading (Psalm 23); He is a fortress protecting (Psalm 18.2). God is David’s all. This is not to say that David held on to this truth all of the time (see 2 Samuel 11), but his life consistently reveals a joy in the Lord. This delight is not a pipe dream or something that can only be had by Old Testament saints and professional clergyman. YOU can find your truest delight in the God of the Bible. How?
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act (Psalm 37.5).
You can delight in the Lord by delighting in the Lord. I am not attempting to be coy or mystifying, but the truth is, your delight is, at least in part, controlled by your own will. You choose to like one sports team over another. Your musically choices are made because you like one kind of music better than another. You also have the ability, then, to search out the beauty of the sovereign God of the universe and replace your idolatry of this world with Him. YOU can find delight in Jesus Christ.
When you do, God will give you the desires of your heart. As your desires become for God, you will see how your whole life has always been in the care and concern of the Almighty. You will receive exactly what you desire: Him. You will recognize His constant grace in your life when you seek Him. When you do, your life will open up to the reality that He has been there the whole time. He has been loving you like a Father, even as you refused to be a son. He has been leading you as a shepherd, even as you walked into ditches like a dumb sheep. He has been protecting you, even as you throw yourself headlong into trouble. God is delightful; turn your heart toward His grace.
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. Psalm 37.23-24