PROMISE #320 - NOVEMBER 16
Promise #320:
Delight in Me and I will give you the longings of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 (WEB)
Also delight yourself in Yahweh,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
In today's promise, King David declares that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. I have always been intrigued by this Bible verse because it says that if I focus on and enjoy my relationship with God, He will give me the deep longings of my heart.
Many people struggle to know their deepest desires. I am not talking about temporal spur-of-the-moment desires but the deep longings we have in our core. What good works were we created to do? What gives life to the depths of our souls? If we believe God loves us the way He made us, we will be convinced that He has placed within us desires He wants to fulfill.
Philippians 2:13 says... for it is God who works in you to will and act according to his good purpose. (NIV) I believe this verse tells us that God uses our heart's desires to fulfill His good purpose for us. St. Augustine, one of the early church fathers, said it this way... “Love God and do what you will.”
I truly believe the more we love God and enjoy His fellowship, the more we will connect with our heart's desires. And the more we connect with our heart's desires, the easier it will be to live a life flowing from our hearts instead of our heads.
May today be another day when we go deeper into the simple delights of a relationship with the One who is absolute and complete love. May today be a day when He fulfills the secret longings that He has placed in each one of our hearts.
Delight in Me and I will give you the longings of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 (WEB)
Also delight yourself in Yahweh,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
In today's promise, King David declares that if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. I have always been intrigued by this Bible verse because it says that if I focus on and enjoy my relationship with God, He will give me the deep longings of my heart.
Many people struggle to know their deepest desires. I am not talking about temporal spur-of-the-moment desires but the deep longings we have in our core. What good works were we created to do? What gives life to the depths of our souls? If we believe God loves us the way He made us, we will be convinced that He has placed within us desires He wants to fulfill.
Philippians 2:13 says... for it is God who works in you to will and act according to his good purpose. (NIV) I believe this verse tells us that God uses our heart's desires to fulfill His good purpose for us. St. Augustine, one of the early church fathers, said it this way... “Love God and do what you will.”
I truly believe the more we love God and enjoy His fellowship, the more we will connect with our heart's desires. And the more we connect with our heart's desires, the easier it will be to live a life flowing from our hearts instead of our heads.
May today be another day when we go deeper into the simple delights of a relationship with the One who is absolute and complete love. May today be a day when He fulfills the secret longings that He has placed in each one of our hearts.