"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:3,4
I love these verses! They are examples of the principle of Cause and Effect. When we do something, God promises to do something in response to our obedience to Him. "The promise, He will give you the desires of your heart, is based on this condition: that you 'delight yourself in the LORD.'" Walvoord & Zuck
When we delight ourselves in the Lord, we will have righteous desires, and when we have righteous desires, our desires will match God's Will.
Strong's Concordance defines desires, as, 'requests, or petitions.'
When we pray and make requests and petitions that are pleasing to God, He will always give them to us.
When I read these verses, I couldn't help but think of how a parent will give their child something they ask for, because not only is the child 'doing good' but what they asked for made the parent happy! It also made me examine the types of things I ask for in my prayers. Do my requests please my Heavenly Father, or are my requests selfish?
Charles Spurgeon once wrote concerning Martin Luther, "There comes a man that can have anything of God he likes. You ask the reason of it? Because Luther delighted himself in his God."
These verses remind us that if we trust the LORD and do good, we shall dwell in the land and be fed. Meaning, all of our needs will be provided by the Lord, but when we delight ourselves in the LORD, He blesses us above all we could ever ask for!
Trust in the LORD, do good, and dwell in the land and be fed...
delight in Him also...
And receive the cherry on top...!
But that's just me!
"Do not think first of the desires of thy heart but think first of delighting thyself in thy God. If thou hast accepted Him as thy Lord, He is thine; so, delight in Him, and then He will give thee the desires of thy heart." Charles Spurgeon
Delighting in God=blessings!
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