Your heart's desires.

What does it mean to delight yourself in the Lord?
I love the end of this verse but to comprehend its meaning is a bit of a challenge.

Here's the challenge: Ps. 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

So many people never seem to attain the desires of their heart. They pine, long, yearn, suffer, dream and seemingly never feel fulfilled or satisfied. Even many Christians!

While in college years ago, I studied Chinese culture and its major religions. I read about Buddhism, and about Buddha, himself. Basically, he modelled a life of self-denial and taught "meditation". Meditation is the process of making a mental assent into another "consciousness"; thus losing the desires of this life. I began to understand the reasons for all of the self-abasement and "monk" lifestyle.

They are trying to satisfy the longings of their souls. They try and THINK themselves out of this world filled with frustrations and passions and into peace which some of them call "nirvana".

May I be blunt? This teaching is demonically inspired and is damnable!

We were made in the image of God and we are made with a longing for GOD. When we are filled with God's presence, we are infused with THE ANSWER we long for. God wants us to chose HIM. We must humbly invite him into our lives. He that hungers and thirsts after righteousness shall be filled!

People filled with the spirit of God have found the ANSWER. When in his presence, we are free! We can fly like a bird!

We begin to love what God loves; thus our desires change and we begin to see that what we used to long for has lost its attraction. We begin to be attracted to the things of God. When we delight or get "happy" about the things God is thrilled about, the former desires fade and we begin to desire new things. And these new and different things are very fulfilling.

God does give us the desires of our hearts.
Yes, he has peace and joy for us, families,love,promotions, education, freedom, travel, material possessions, healing
whatever YOU desire, he wants to give us.

BUT, we must seek the things of God first. All these things will be added unto us.

Does this mean that you become a little peculiar? To the world's perspective, yes. Be willing to swim upstream, get a backbone!

If that doesn't interest you, go ahead try and fill your soul with "things", or love affairs or false religions....it won't last and it won't work. IT IS A TRAP for your soul.

God himself fills our hearts and as we grow in the Lord and in the knowlegde of his Word, we get more and more joyful and happy. We have so much to look forward to. The sun shines brighter and brighter even on a cloudy day.

Delight thyself also...in the Lord....and HE shall give thee the desires of thine heart.....it's true, it's true, it's true.