Delight in Him

 

Delight in Him

Today's Scripture:

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.

Psalm 37:4, AMP.

Today's Word:

Are you believing God for something that seems to be taking a long time? In the natural, you may have every reason to give up on what God has placed in your heart. At times, you may be tempted to get discouraged, but remember, God knows exactly where you are. He knows the desires He’s placed within you. He knows even the hidden dreams—what the scripture calls the secret petitions of your heart. Those are the things that you haven’t told anyone about. Maybe you thought they would never work out, or you’ve buried them because they didn’t happen on your timetable. But God still has a way to bring them to pass.

 

Be encouraged today because God is working behind the scenes on your behalf. Delight yourself in Him—find joy in serving Him and make your heart moldable in His hands. Don’t settle for mediocrity because God knows what’s in you, and His plan is to finish the work He began in you when you delight yourself in Him!

Prayer for Today:

Father, I humbly come to You today, giving You all that I am. Thank You for fulfilling every desire in my heart. Mold me and shape me into Your image. Remove anything from my life that is displeasing to You in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

 

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You Were Created for God's Pleasure 14 hours ago by Rick Warren “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb .… Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (Psalm 139:13, 16 NIV) Your life matters. We all want to believe that — no matter what religious background we come from. Even atheists long to know their lives count for something. The Bible says your life matters because God uniquely designed you. In Psalm 139 the Bible says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb .… Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:13, 16 NIV). God made you unique because he has a unique plan for your life. He personally oversaw your creation because he had something for you to do that only you can do. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. God has set you apart for a special use. How do we know this? God designed you in his image. Unlike all the other animals in the world, you are designed in God's image. Cows, goats, sheep, and ducks aren’t designed in the image of God. You are. You can choose between right and wrong. You have a conscious, and animals don't. You can talk to God. You can pray to God. Animals can’t do that. In fact, the Bible says in Psalm 8:5, “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.”   God planned your life before you were born. God says to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). God had a purpose for your life before you took your first breath. God thought of you before your parents conceived you. God said, "I’m going to use these parents. I'm going to use them because I want to bless the world through this man."   God made you for his pleasure. Revelation 4:11 says, “For you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.” Look around at the universe. God made everything you see for his own enjoyment. Now look at yourself in a mirror. God made you to enjoy you. It’s why you were created. You’re not an accident. You have great value because you were designed in God’s image, he planned your life before you were born, and you were made for his pleasure. Talk It Over How does understanding that you are a unique creation of God enhance your sense of personal worth? What sense of responsibility are you aware of when you realize God personally created you? Looking back over your last 24 hours, what did God experience pleasure from in your life?