Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Our response to God and His goodness and glory is to delight in the Lord. Find your happiness, joy, peace, contentment, and satisfaction in the Lord, and not from the things of the world. The world’s joys are temporary and not fulfilling. Superficial thrills and short-lived “feel goods” do not last and let us down harder. Inner joy that comes from the Holy Spirit deep within delights and lasts. Not only is His life eternal, but so also is His joy.
”The joy of the Lord is your strength.” “Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice.” Along with inner joy comes love, peace, and a calm spirit. Looking for delight in the wrong places, people, and things disappoints and does not work. The world all too easily distracts us from focus on the true Joy, which is Jesus.
The blessing and promise of delighting in the Lord is that He will give you the desires of the heart. What a promise! The key, however, is desire. When we freely desire what God desires He will surely give it. And delight increases. Get familiar with God and His Word and your desires change. We avoid desiring wrongly. James 4:3: “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” Know God’s will, and ask for it. “Thy will be done.”