“He led me to a place of safety; he rescued me because he delights in me” Psalm 18:19. “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
Dear Jesus, we know we love you only because you first loved us. Equally and wondrously so, we can delight ourselves in you because you first delighted in us. The “place of safety” to which you led us is now our permanent address—”in Christ.” In union with you, we have everything we need, and more than we can imagine or hope.
Delighting in you… not a polite, hands-folded, “respectful,” sleepy knowledge of you, Jesus; but one that leads us to cry out with joy, “I am my beloved’s and his desire is for me.” You aren’t just our “portion,” Lord, but our whole inheritance. You don’t just satisfy us, you are the whole banquet, feast, and orchestra, Jesus. Your love doesn’t just give us life, it is “better than life” (Ps. 63:3). Make that more than a verse we quote. Make it a reality we live.
We understand delight, and it is to your glory that we experience and express delight. We delight in our grandchildren—getting in body positions, wearing things, and making sounds that would otherwise embarrass us. We delight in our pets, with unfettered, unfiltered joy. We delight in low dew point days, cloudless skies, and a setting sun—wrapped around a group of friends sharing a buffet of great food and encouragement.
These gifts come from you, Jesus, so free us to experience and express our greatest delight in you—the Giver of all good gifts. You are the deepest desire of our heart; become our heart’s greatest delight. So Very Amen.