The bible says that when we delight ourselves in God he gives us the desires of our hearts.
I’ve seen many people (myself included) who have twisted this verse to mean very narrow things. Like “If I just put God first he’ll give me that promotion…” which really doesn’t put God first at all.
It seems to me, that when a person delights in something or someone, the very delight people possess becomes almost inseparable from their desire. No doubt God sees certain good, earthly desires that we have, and gives them to us – like a sick person getting better, or a child coming back to the Lord.
We are creatures with numerous and complex desires, but if we truly delight in God as our first and highest treasure he will also become our first and highest desire.
“Delight Yourself” is a song just about that…
Download the chord chart for free and listen to the track here.
LYRICS
We’ve come to delight in you Lord , You are our delight Lord
We’ve come to delight in you Lord , You are our delight Lord
You give us desires of the heart
You give us desires of the heart
We fix our eyes on you Jesus
All we want is you Jesus
This one thing we do Jesus
We delight in you Jesus , Jesus
We’ve come to delight in you Lord, There is nothing greater
We’ve come to delight in you Lord, You are the treasure
You are the desire of the heart
Jesus you are the desire of the heart
We fix our eyes on you Jesus
All we want is you Jesus
This one thing we do Jesus
We delight in you Jesus , Jesus
©2006 Nate Fancher