Delight in the Lord

"Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

This verse is so often mistranslated to mean something it just doesn't say. I hear on television all the time preachers talk about this verse. "Delight yourself in God," they say, "and all the desires of your heart will be given to you. Health, prosperity, happiness. All these things God's gonna give you if you delight yourself in Him."

What a waste of breath to even talk like that. Notice the verse. Really look hard at it. It says to delight yourself in God, so God can give you the desires of your heart. Now, wouldn't it be logical to say that whatever you delight in, you're going to desire? What this Scripture is saying is that if you desire God, God is going to show you more of Himself. If you crave and delight in God, He's going to pour out His glory on you and change you.

What an amazing promise! How much greater is this than what the televagelists say! Because, seriously, aren't you tired of more cars, more houses, more possessions that can't fulfill you? Aren't you bored to tears with the blessings of this world? If you're not, you should be! This verse should awaken in your heart a deep passion to see more of this Jesus who died on a cross bringing glory to His Father. I urge you, in light of this, to delight yourself in the Lord, so that He may open up the truckload of His glory upon you and you can truly see what blessing is all about!