................
Delighting In The Lord
A Day Of Delighting
By Warren Wiersbe
In Prayer, Praise and Promises
Read Psalm 16: 1-11
1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I
take refuge.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the
land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will
suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such
gods or take up their names on my lips.
5 Lord, you alone are my portion and
my cup;
you make my lot secure.
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in
pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels
me; even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With
him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my
tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the
realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life; you will
fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right
hand. New International Version (NIV)
This
is a psalm of delight.
We
find no trials or tribulations in this song.
David is simply delighting, first of all, in the Lord. "You
are my Lord, my goodness is nothing apart from You" (verse 2).
In other words, he is saying, "I have no good beyond
God."
Then David delights
in the Lord's people. "And to the saints who are on the earth,
'They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight'" (verse 3).
Do you delight in
God's people? "To live above with saints we love will certainly be glory. To
live below with saints we know, that's another story."
Are some of God's people becoming
abrasive to you?
Start delighting in the Lord, and
you'll start delighting in His people.
David also delights
in God's providence. "You, O Lord, are the portion of my
inheritance and my cup; you maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in
pleasant places" (verses 5,6).
God, in His providence, knows where
to draw the line.
Problems arise when people don't know
where His lines are.
They want to keep moving the line.
Let God give you your inheritance.
When Israel went into the Promised
Land, He gave each tribe its inheritance.
It wasn't done by a real estate agent
or by a lottery.
God said, "Here are the lines. Maintain those
lines."
Do you want to delight in God and in
His people? Then delight in His providence.
David also finds delight in God's
pleasures.
Verse 11 has been
my life verse for many years. "You will show me the path of life; in
Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures
forevermore."
Do you want life and joy? Here's the
secret: Live on God's path, live in His presence and live for His pleasures.
You have much to delight in -- God's
people, His providence and His pleasures.
The key to delighting in the things
of God is to delight in God Himself.
Sometime today take a moment to
simply delight in the Lord and praise Him for who He is.
Warren W. Wiersbe is a well known international Bible
conference teacher with a heart for missions and is a former pastor of Moody
Church in Chicago. He served for ten years as General Director and Bible
Teacher for Back to the Bible. Dr. Wiersbe is author of more than 80 books,
including the best-selling "BE" series. He is known as a
"pastors' pastor," and his speaking, writing and radio ministries
have brought new understanding of the truths of God's Word to people around the
world.
No comments:
Post a Comment