Too many times in our life in this world, we seem to neglect the fact that God created us and HE ALONE knows what is best for our lives. We look for satisfaction, happiness, and contentment in the things of this world, our possessions, our status in life, our worldly friends, etc., rather than looking SOLELY to God – the AUTHOR and CREATOR of TRUE HAPPINESS.
David wrote in Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.” I like what Adam Clarke wrote about this verse in his commentary in the 1700’s, “Verse 4. Delight thyself also in the Lord – Expect all thy happiness from him, and seek it in him. The desires of thine heart. – The godly man never indulges a desire which he cannot form into a prayer to God.”
The basic truth is this – the closer we get to God and the more we walk DAILY with Him and seek ONLY to please HIM in EVERY area of our lives – THE HAPPIER WE WILL BECOME!
People who claim to be Christians yet find themselves unhappy are those who have YET to seek HIM with ALL of their hearts.
PLAIN and SIMPLE: Give GOD EVERYTHING, and learn to be content with what HE has planned for your life! TRUST HIM COMPLETELY and learn that HE has NEVER yet failed and will NEVER fail.
Delight Yourself DAILY In God!!
Psalm 1:1-3
How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.