DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD!

Psalms 37 1/5

What does that mean to delight yourself in the Lord?  I can think of many ways to do that.  Take a walk out in His green pastures and drink in all that creativity.  What a relief it was to stand in the yard at Eckhart Park this week and see green grass again.  It is such a small thing we take so for granted.  Getting out of the car and going for a walk in the park, on your block, or in the woods.  Suddenly, I realized how important his colors were.  This morning it was cool, unmuggy, and  colorful.  I delighted in that as I had never done before.  Thank you God for reminding us what color green really is. 

You can delight yourself in His music.  You can delight yourself in His Word.  You can delight yourself in praying for others and celebrating answers to prayer.  I want to delight myself today by celebrating who He is.  His character, His plan for our lives, His unconditional love, His unconditional forgiveness and best of all the sacrifice He made so we could be free.  His Son, Jesus Christ.

Vs 1:  Fret NOT yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God).
Vs 2: For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Vs 3: Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed.
Vs 4: DELIGHT yourself also in the Lord and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
Vs 5: Commit your way to the Lord (roll and repose each care of your load on Him); trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.

There is a lot of depth to these five verses.  We do, unfortunately, have a lot to fret about.  Columbine, Colorado, 9/11, just to name a few.  Here we get to grab onto the fact of His Word that we can and must TRUST Him to deliver us out of the worldly tyranny today. If we surround our self with His protection, promises, plan, and truth - we will have a decision to make, of course.  A)  FRET, or B) TRUST and DELIGHT!   It is crazy out there, and sometimes it is crazy right where you stand.

Bottom line:  COMMIT your every waking moment to the Lord.   Turn your tyranny over to Him. Trust Him, never yourself or anyone else and you WILL see the streams in the desert He has made just for you.