delight.

"the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." psalm 147:10
"the Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him." psalm 37:23
"take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." psalm 37:4
"for the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory." psalm 149:4
"i delight greatly in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God." isaiah 61:10
"for the Lord will take delight in you." isaiah 62:4
"the Lord your God is with you,  the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you, in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing." zephaniah 3:17


delight.

this word keeps coming back to my mind and heart. i can't get it outa my head. the idea that God delights in me. not an idea, but a reality. He does delight in me and in you. in a bible study we had to read genesis 1-2, which i've read many times, but this time we had to look at the attributes of God in the scripture. the thing that really hit me was that when God created us, He had a purpose and enjoyment in doing things for us that would please us. In genesis 2 is says, "now the Lord had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man He had formed. the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground - trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food....the Lord God took man and put in him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." God put us in the garden and made trees that would be pleasing to the eye and good for food. He really wanted to delight in us and do good things for us. He gave us a purpose by putting us in the garden to work it and care for it. God specifically chose to make us and give us good things, He wants us to have food that is good. the little things that affect us are important to Him. He didn't just create us and leave us with nothing. God wants us to be taken care of and He delights in seeing us have life.

on the flip side of God delighting in us, He wants us to delight in Him. He tells us that if we delight in Him He'll give us the desires of our heart. if we are delighting in God then our hearts will be growing more like His heart  and we will have the same desires as God's heart. the things in this world are worthless to delight in. they will never fulfill. the times in my life when i have felt the most joy are the times when i am wasting my life sitting at the feet of  Jesus, delighting in Him. i want to want Jesus. i want to need Jesus. i want to delight in Him and i love it that He delights in me. it's very hard for me to always believe that He does delight in me. i feel so worthless and so unworthy, but i want to trust the promises God has spoken in His word telling me that i am His daughter, that He loves me not matter what, that i am His heir, and that He does take delight in me, His creation. i pray that this relationship of delight will grow stronger each day. God i delight in you!

be my everything. you are everything. Jesus. everything.