“DELIGHT IN THE LORD, DESIRES OF YOUR HEART, COMMIT AND TRUST”

Feb. 3, 2014

“DELIGHT IN THE LORD, DESIRES OF YOUR HEART, COMMIT AND TRUST”

Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. COMMIT your way to the Lord, TRUST also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. Ps. 37:4-5

My friends first let’s dissect Ps.37:4-5 the Psalmist tells us to DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD. How does one DELIGHT him or herself in the Lord? Well it would seem like a person who just enjoy’s being in the PRESENCE of the Lord.

Like Mary who just enjoyed sitting at the feet of the Master. Because once you are in His Presence you should never want to leave because His PRESENCE means you have placed all of “your burden upon the LORD” and then your FAITH in all of the promises of God allows you to become.

“Steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that what you do for Christ will never be in vain” 1 Cor. 15:58 But what our God really seeks from His Children, is for you to let His Spirit transform your heart and body into His Image.

because He knows once we become like him that is when we will only want to be in His PRESCIENCE  as we “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, while running with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith… Heb 12:1-2

So my friends this is why I wanted to dissect Ps. 37:4-5 because most of us all we here is the part of the verse that talks about Him giving you THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. And this is where I need you to focus today, because once we DELIGHT IN THE LORD His DESIRES will be our DESIRES and our DESIRES will only be the things that will praise God and give Him all the glory and honor.

So if a new car, house, job, marriage, education etc. etc. will give Him the praise, honor, and glory, He will be more then willing to give us the DESIRES OF OUR HEART. but it must be all about God because “ONLY WHAT WE DO FOR CHRIST WILL LAST”

1 Thess. 5:16-18 tells us to “Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus towards us.” and then we come to verse 5 of Ps 37 where it tells us to COMMIT your way to the Lord, TRUST also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

COMMIT my Friends we must give it all to the Master. Our only purpose in life should be to SERVE God and “Trust in the Lord with all our heart And lean not on our own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct our paths. Prov. 3:5-6

But my friends we must never forget that the Path or Journey that Christ has placed us on is a very narrow path. For “the Gateway to Life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.” Matt 7:14 and that is because the only way we will get through that narrow road is when we have decided to GIVE IT ALL TO THE MASTER.

Even those “SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE SINS” that so easily ENSNARES us the ones that the god of this world tells us that they are not really sins. It’s not really a sin if you buy that bootleg tape, or buy a stolen item from someone, or cheat just a tiny bit on your income tax, or watch something on TV that dishonors God and His values.

And that is probably about 98 % of what comes on our TV’S’. My friends “If the Angels could pull back the curtain and we could see how close we are to God ‘s second coming.” But you do “know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” Matt. 25:23

So today my friends lets TRUST, and COMMIT it all to God so each of us one day will be able to here those words from the MASTER “Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!” Matt. 25:23

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY