"Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalms 37:4
This is the verse i got when i asked for his word before i slept early morning on the day on Nov 25,2008.
Just when i read the verse i questioned myself ...what it is to Delight the LORD...and what he meant by saying giving the desires of your heart.
The moment i asked this...i felt the answer in my mind saying continue reading and u will find ur answer.
Well here is the next verse...
Commit your way to the LORD, [This is what GOD MEANT BY DELIGHTING IN HIS WORD THAT IS TO COMMIT OUR WAYS UNTO HIM]
trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn[This is the hearts desire God was talking about]
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
If you keep reading this chapter....God makes clear what he means by delighting in him and what the desire of our hearts should be like.
Desires of a heart of a person led by the Holy Spirit are nothing but the desire sof the Holy Spirit within him and so its the desire of God ultimately.
to be continued...
Delighting God ==>fulfilling of heart's desire
1)Commit your way to the LORD
2)trust in him ==>He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
3)Be still before the LORD and
4) Wait patiently for him;
5) Do not fret when men succeed in their ways,when they carry out their wicked schemes.
6)Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;do not fret-it leads only to evil.
7)For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the Land.===> Those who delight in him will have their hearts desire fulfilled just like here they will inherit the Land.
8) A little while and the wicked will be no more,though you look for them , they will not be found.
(((((SEE THE PATTERN IN EACH OF THESE VERSES WE CAN SEE WHAT GOD HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE VERSE 4 ...
THAT IS WE CAN SEE THE PATTERN..... DELIGHTING IN GOD=> HEARTS DESIRE FULFILLED.
WE can see the same thing in varied forms...where Delight is meant in many forms and so is the intention of God's heart when he meant the desires of the heart being fulfilled.))))
9)But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
10)The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming
11)The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows WILL BE( See the surity God is giving us that they will be definitely) broken.
12)Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked.
13)for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
14)The days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
and their inheritance will endure forever.
15) In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.{My placement promise...God gave me 2 job offers}
16)But the wicked will perish:
The LORD'S enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
they will vanish -vanish will like smoke.
17) The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously,
18) Those the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses will be cut off.
19) IF THE LORD DELIGHTS IN A MAN'S WAY,
HE MAKES HIS STEP FIRM;
THOUGH HE STUMBLE, HE WILL NOT FALL,
FOR THE LORD UPHOLDS HIM WITH HIS HAND.
20)I was young and now i am old,
yet i have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.
21) They are always generous and lend freely;
their children will be blessed.
22)Turn from evil and do good;
then you will dwell in the land forever.
23)For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones.
They will be protected forever,but the offsrping of the wicked will be cut off;
24) the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
25) The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
26) The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.
27)The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
seeking their very lives;
but the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.
28)Wait for the LORD and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
29)I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,
but he soon passed away and was no more;
though i looked for him, he could not be found.
30)Consider the blameless,observe the upright;
there is a future for the man of peace.
31)But all sinners will be destroyed;
the future of the wicked will be cut off.
32)The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
33)The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.
The phrase which was repeated quite a few times now
inherit the land-verses 3,9,11,18,22,34
The concept of wicked being cut off-
verse 2-for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
verse 9-For evil men will be cut off, but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the Land.
verse 10-A little while and the wicked will be no more,though you look for them , they will not be found.
verse 12-13- The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;
but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming
verse 15-But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows WILL BE( See the surity God is giving us that they will be definitely) broken.
verse 17-for the power of the wicked will be broken
verse 20-But the wicked will perish:
The LORD'S enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
they will vanish -vanish will like smoke.
verse 28-but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off
verse 34-when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
verse 36-but he soon passed away and was no more;
though i looked for him, he could not be found.
verse 38-But all sinners will be destroyed;
the future of the wicked will be cut off.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
God is continously tested of his Love for us
when we go thru trials...it is a trial for God.....a test of his love!!
He is able to love her even after all the horrible things we have done and thought all through the miserable years.
Isaiah 5:15
For this is what the High and lofty One says-
he who lives forever ,
whose name is Holy:
"I live in a high and holy place,
but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 57:18,19
I have seen his ways,
but i will heal him:
I will guide him and restore comfort to him ,
creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel.
Peace,peace to those far and near, says the LORD.
"And i will heal them" .
He is able to love her even after all the horrible things we have done and thought all through the miserable years.
Isaiah 5:15
For this is what the High and lofty One says-
he who lives forever ,
whose name is Holy:
"I live in a high and holy place,
but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 57:18,19
I have seen his ways,
but i will heal him:
I will guide him and restore comfort to him ,
creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel.
Peace,peace to those far and near, says the LORD.
"And i will heal them" .
Before the World began
John 17:3-5
"Now this is eternal life:
that they may know you, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence
with the glory I had with you before the world began."
Questions answered in this scripture
1)What is eternal life?
John 17:3
2)what is meant by saying Glorifying God by us?
John 17:4
That is completing the work which God has given us to DO!!!
So.....It implies
i)We should know what work God gave us to do.
ii)When God gives us the work he DOESNT DO it just for NEED TO KNOW!!...he does it on a
NEED TO DO basis.
iii) We have to COMPLETE the work given....that means we need to be alive and alert all through to
get the work done.
3)Verse about Jesus being with God before THE BEGINNING?
Bible starts with the verse....In the beginning...God Created the heavens and the earth.
And here in the verse John 17:5 Jesus talks about being with God before this beginning mentioned in Gen 1:1
4)Muslims view of Christ contradicted many times in John 17th chapter where Jesus talks to God!!
John 17:10
All i have is yours and all you have is mine.
verse 11b
Holy Father,protect them by the power of your name- the name you gave me -
so that they may be one as we are one.
verse 21b
May they also be in US(this is the important part here) so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 17:24b The glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
"Now this is eternal life:
that they may know you, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence
with the glory I had with you before the world began."
Questions answered in this scripture
1)What is eternal life?
John 17:3
2)what is meant by saying Glorifying God by us?
John 17:4
That is completing the work which God has given us to DO!!!
So.....It implies
i)We should know what work God gave us to do.
ii)When God gives us the work he DOESNT DO it just for NEED TO KNOW!!...he does it on a
NEED TO DO basis.
iii) We have to COMPLETE the work given....that means we need to be alive and alert all through to
get the work done.
3)Verse about Jesus being with God before THE BEGINNING?
Bible starts with the verse....In the beginning...God Created the heavens and the earth.
And here in the verse John 17:5 Jesus talks about being with God before this beginning mentioned in Gen 1:1
4)Muslims view of Christ contradicted many times in John 17th chapter where Jesus talks to God!!
John 17:10
All i have is yours and all you have is mine.
verse 11b
Holy Father,protect them by the power of your name- the name you gave me -
so that they may be one as we are one.
verse 21b
May they also be in US(this is the important part here) so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 17:24b The glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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