Delight

"Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 I have found a new way of looking at this verse: when your delight is in the Lord, the desires of your heart will be for his will, and that makes everything easy. John Paton, a missionary to cannibals, was being chased by the tribe he had been living among. He spent the night in a tree, and during the time when he ought to have felt most anxious, he felt this peace that came from delighting in the Lord. For, he knew that whatever happened that night, whether he lived or died, he would be in God's will. And that, my friends, is the safest and happiest place to be. "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God." Psalm 42:1