Promise 174: Comforts Delight

  1. Comforts delight

 Psalm 94:19

In the multitude of my thoughts within me

Thy comforts delight my soul.

 The comforts of the Lord will delight my soul; that’s a promise. The Word of God does many things: one of those functions is to comfort. But the promise is for more than comfort: the comforts are actual words or things, entities, which delight. The comforts may take many forms and may be spoken many different ways, but in some way the comforts will be related to the Gospel. It is the Gospel that delights my soul; my mind, will and emotions are delighted when I hear the comfort that comes from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Delight = cheer up, elate, lift the spirits, instill joy, bring a smile to the face, make one feel better. Hearing the comforting message of the Gospel certainly does all of that: it is the shining of light in a dark place, it is the establishing of hope in place of despair, it is the setting free from the chains of sin, it is making peace where there was turmoil, it is bringing life into the midst of death. The Gospel delights the soul.

There are a multitude of thoughts within me: this becomes especially troublesome when many thoughts intrude at the same time. It has been estimated that the average person will think 100,000 separate thoughts in one day. Out of the multitude of thoughts most will be random, some good, some bad, some positive, some negative; but, every once in a while, a comforting thought will come across my awareness, however fleeting, and it will bring delight. One Gospel word out of thousands of thoughts within delights my soul.

These “comforts” can be consciously increased if we choose to do so; I can remember, speak and hear in my conscious thought a Gospel message; when I think that thought on purpose it will delight my mind, will and emotions. For example, say to yourself: “Jesus loves me.” That is a comfort that delights. The Gospel does not bore, so repeat it over and over. His comforts delight my soul.