DELIGHT IN THE LORD

            The dictionary defines delight as “giving great pleasure or joy.”  When we pursue the Lord and find delight in His ways, we are changed.  He shapes our hearts and makes us desire Him even more.  In Psalm 37:4, David says, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”  This is not a promise to give you whatever you want.  Instead, it is a promise the Lord will transform what you desire!  We will hunger and thirst after righteousness (Matt. 5:6)! Look at some more verses which speak about the transformation and delights of our heart.

 Psalms 1:2

            But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
         And in His law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 51:10

        Create in me a clean heart, O God,
         And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

 Psalm 21:2

        You have given him his heart’s desire,
         And have not withheld the request of his lips.  Selah  

 Psalm 40:8

        I delight to do Your will, O my God,
         And Your law is within my heart.”

Psalm 94:19

        In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
         Your comforts delight my soul.

Proverbs 11:20

        Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD,
      But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

 Job 33:26

        He shall pray to God, and He will delight in him,
      He shall see His face with joy,
      For He restores to man His righteousness.

Isaiah 11:3

            His delight is in the fear of the LORD,
      And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
      Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

Isaiah 58:2

        Yet they seek Me daily,
      And delight to know My ways,
      As a nation that did righteousness,
      And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
      They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
 

     They take delight in approaching God.

 Romans 7:22

        For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.