Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart’s desires. Psalm 37:4
Lord Jesus, the first phrase of this verse is the only congruent response to who you are. The more fully we see, know, and love you—the more fully we understand every good thing you have given us in the Gospel, the more we will unreservedly, boldly, whole-heartedly take delight in you.
“Take delight”—not just dipping our toe in a puddle of your goodness, but jumping off the cliff of our unbelief and fears into a whole ocean of grace. “Take delight”—not politely putting a few selections from a grace-tapas bar onto a small plate.
Instead, coming, running, feasting, savoring, sharing the culinary wonders of the banquet of the Gospel—the first-fruits and foretaste of the Wedding Supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:7-10).
“Take delight”—not confusing “reverence” with rigor mortis; but risking the joy you intend for you, the freedom you won for us, the very delight you now have in us—yes, in us (Zeph. 3:17; Isa. 62:3-5; Psalm 147:11; Psalm 18:19; John 10:10). Jesus, free us from our unbelief. Forgive us for “taking delight” in things and people that will never be enough.
The more we delight ourselves in you, the more we realize you are our heart’s deepest desire. You aren’t a means to any end, Jesus. To live is you, and to die is to gain more of you (Phil. 1:21). So VERY Amen.