" HIS Delight "

Psalm 149:4   " For the LORD taketh pleasure in HIS people: HE will beautify the meek with Salvation. "

     What is it that brings you inner delight: the love of family and friends, the beauty of GOD's creation, the work of GOD's SPIRIT in the lives of those for whom you have prayed, the LORD HIMSELF, or a host of other things ? Our lists could probably be almost endless with each new day and every new and pleasant experience. Have you ever stopped for a moment and thought about what brings delight to your Heavenly FATHER ? Does it surprise you to think of GOD as being pleased or delighted ?

     The WORD of GOD records some of the specifics of those things that delight our LORD, and it might amaze us to learn that our GOD delights in us. I love the words to Israel in Isaiah: "The LORD delighteth in thee" (Isaiah 62:4). In today's text, two causes are assigned as to why the saints should be excited to praise the LORD and be joyful in their KING: the delight that HE has in HIS saints (the meek) and the gracious designs that HE has toward HIS saints. Is it possible that GOD also delights in our way (Psalm 37:23) ? Adam Clarke suggests that "when [one's] steps are ordered by the LORD, HE delighteth in his way, because it is that into which HIS OWN good SPIRIT has directed him." GOD also loves to hear us pray and takes delight in our prayers, for Solomon, by the SPIRIT of GOD, assures us that "the prayer of the upright is [the LORD's] delight" (Proverbs 15:8).

     Finally, Jeremiah informs us that the LORD delights in our personal knowledge of HIM (Jeremiah 9:24). It is this intimate understanding of HIM and HIS will that HE prizes the most, for it is that which enables us to bring HIM glory. Let us, like Paul, make it our goal to please HIM (2nd.Corinthians 5:9). Remember, the LORD delights in HIS people. JED

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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