Bible Verse of The Day – 1-4-18

Psalm 37:4-5 (NKJV) 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.

Delight yourself in the Lord. Commit your way to the Lord. Notice a common theme in those two phrases?

We all want God to give us the desires of our heart. Who wouldn’t? We’d be crazy not to want that!

But let’s take a look at what it takes for that to happen in our lives.

First, we have to “delight ourselves in the Lord”. This is a big deal, especially since it’s one of the keys to having God give us the desires of our heart.

To delight ourselves in the Lord means that we put Him first. We make His priorities ours. We make His thoughts our thoughts. We make His ways our ways. And so on.

It means that we give ourselves to Him wholeheartedly. 100%. We make every effort to please Him and grow our relationship with Him.

The beginning of verse 5 sums it up nicely: “Commit your way to the Lord”.

To commit means to give in trust, or to give charge over.

We trust God with our life and give Him charge over it. Pretty serious stuff, isn’t it?

So, with that in mind, it sheds new light on what it takes for God to give us the desires of our heart.

Is this meant to discourage us? Not at all. Quite opposite, actually.

Now that the mystery has been removed, we should have less doubts about this and what it takes for it to happen in our own lives. This should encourage us to move forward with God in every area of our lives.

Go ahead. Draw near to God. Press in to Him and learn of Him. He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him!

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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