Delight Yourself in the Lord

Psalm 37:4

Delight yourself in the LORD

and he will give you the desires of your heart.

As a young girl, I’d often be lost in my own thoughts, admiring God’s beauty through what He had created. Seeing it through eyes of childlike faith, I believed that all that I saw was put there by Him for my benefit and for me to share with Him.

I delighted in pointing out the wonders He had created, as though He gained enjoyment in my enthusiasm over sharing with Him what He had done. I would point out a particularly beautiful flower or how pretty the trickling of the water in the creek sounded or how warm the sun felt on my skin, “God did You see that? Isn’t it wonderful?”

I still enjoy sharing God’s world with Him. In childlike wonder I point to the sunset and ask if He sees it too or take a moment to stop and admire a flower or a uniquely shaped leaf which has caught my eye. Does He take delight in what I take delight in? I believe that He does.

To share God’s multi-faceted world with Him is but a small thing. To stop for a moment and sigh in wonder and breathe out a thanks to Him for putting such a lovely cloud in the sky or to simply admire what He has done is to delight ourselves in the ways of the Lord. Yes, I do believe this makes Him happy.