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Don’t Miss Out on God’s Blessings!

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. ~ Psalms 37:4

I was thrilled this week with a big blessing from the Lord.  On Monday I was cleaning my living room and thought to myself, “You know, it’s high time I did something with these lamps!  They just don’t match the new living room furniture that I got when I moved here (almost 3 years ago).  I’m going to try to paint them this summer!”

I didn’t say a word about this to my husband or anybody.  On Thursday afternoon, my husband mentioned that he had seen some lamps down at the thrift store that I might like.  I really didn’t think they would match (or be in any desirable condition) as my husband really isn’t much into decorating.  But when I saw them, I couldn’t believe how perfect they were for my living room!  I only needed to buy some new shades for them and I would have some real winners for my living room.

Isn’t God so good! I thought it was so very sweet of my husband to think of me…and I felt even more grateful to the Lord who already knew the desires of my heart.

Don’t you just have a fantastic time giving things to your children and seeing their excitement and enthusiasm?  Of course, if one of my sons were very disobedient one day, how silly it would be to say, “Son, you’ve just been so bad today…let me take you out to get some ice cream!”  As ridiculous as that sounds, many expect God to continue blessing them even when they haven’t been obeying His Word.

Delighting ourselves in the Lord would be the state of devoting ourselves entirely to pleasing Him. The will and state of our heart would be totally fixed on obeying, honoring and pleasing the Lord Jesus.  What parent would not want to shower their own goodness on a child who would be so devoted to pleasing and obeying them?

I’m not trying to imply that we focus our hope on being blessed with earthly things.  Dresses, jewelry, furniture and such are lovely things, but we can’t take them with us to Heaven.  The Bible says in Matthew 6:20, ” But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:”  Let’s win a crown that we can offer at Jesus’ feet!

I believe when we truly want to please the Lord, our desires will be consistent with the Lord’s desires.  We’ll desire His will for us.  Let’s remember, sin can keep us from getting our prayers answered.  The Bible says, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: ” Ps 66:18.   What a blessing we miss when our heart is not delighting in the Lord!  Let’s focus this week on truly delighting ourselves in the Lord.