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'DELIGHTED'
By Gene Johnson
6-10-2006
Psalm 37:4 Psalm 40:8
Isaiah 55:2
What is it that makes you
most happy? What is that
gives your heart and soul
the greatest pleasure? What
in life sets you off and
running with excitement and
great joy? It may be a
favorite hobby, art or
music, your work, a
relationship, sports, a
burning passion for a
purpose or cause you really
believe in. For each of us
the answer is going to be
different. All of these
things are outward, earthly
preoccupations and are
perfectly alright in their
proper order. However
for all of us who are true
sons and daughters of the
Most High God it should be
pretty much the same. Our
greatest delight should be
in our God and His Son,
Jesus Christ.
The Psalmist David had an
intimate relationship with
God that brought him to much
revelation of His ways and
nature, because David had a
heart after God in spite of
his humanity and other wrong
headed passions. Many times
those very passions threw
him off in the course of his
life but he always returned
to his first love in
repentance. He knew that if
he found his first and best
delight in Jehovah that all
of his other wants
and desires would one day be
fulfilled.
Our God is a jealous lover.
He wants the first fruits of
our lives both spiritually
and in natural things
too. He truly does want to
be our God! The very center
of our existence... In
putting God first, seeking
Him with a whole heart and
making Him and His will for
our lives our greatest
passion, all of the many
other 'smaller' desires we
have He will one day, in His
timing, bring our way.
+++MY DELIGHT+++
MY DELIGHT
IS IN THE LORD
THE MAKER
OF ALL THINGS
HE IS
MY FOREMOST JOY
THOUGH I HAVE KNOWN
MANY KINGS
MANY OTHER LOVERS
PASSIONS
AND DESIRES
INTERESTS, THINGS
AND PEOPLE
NOW PASS THROUGH
HOLY FIRES
TO BURN AWAY IDOLATRY
TO PROVE YOU ARE
THE MOST TO ME
AND AS I FIND
MY CHIEF DELIGHT IN YOU
I KNOW YOU WILL
MAKE ALL MY
OTHER DREAMS
COME TRUE
THE LITTLE ONES
THAT MEAN
A LOT TO ME
THE ONES
YOU PLACED
THERE
BEFORE HISTORY
TO PROVE JUST HOW
GREAT A GOD, YOU CAN BE
EVERY HOPE
EVERY DREAM
AND ASPIRATION TOO
THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS
PRECIOUS FATHER...
IT IS YOU.
GENE JOHNSON (COPYRIGHT
2006)
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02/08/10 |
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'DELIGHTED'
By Gene Johnson
6-10-2006
Psalm 37:4 Psalm 40:8
Isaiah 55:2
What is it that makes you
most happy? What is that
gives your heart and soul
the greatest pleasure? What
in life sets you off and
running with excitement and
great joy? It may be a
favorite hobby, art or
music, your work, a
relationship, sports, a
burning passion for a
purpose or cause you really
believe in. For each of us
the answer is going to be
different. All of these
things are outward, earthly
preoccupations and are
perfectly alright in their
proper order. However
for all of us who are true
sons and daughters of the
Most High God it should be
pretty much the same. Our
greatest delight should be
in our God and His Son,
Jesus Christ.
The Psalmist David had an
intimate relationship with
God that brought him to much
revelation of His ways and
nature, because David had a
heart after God in spite of
his humanity and other wrong
headed passions. Many times
those very passions threw
him off in the course of his
life but he always returned
to his first love in
repentance. He knew that if
he found his first and best
delight in Jehovah that all
of his other wants
and desires would one day be
fulfilled.
Our God is a jealous lover.
He wants the first fruits of
our lives both spiritually
and in natural things
too. He truly does want to
be our God! The very center
of our existence... In
putting God first, seeking
Him with a whole heart and
making Him and His will for
our lives our greatest
passion, all of the many
other 'smaller' desires we
have He will one day, in His
timing, bring our way.
+++MY DELIGHT+++
MY DELIGHT
IS IN THE LORD
THE MAKER
OF ALL THINGS
HE IS
MY FOREMOST JOY
THOUGH I HAVE KNOWN
MANY KINGS
MANY OTHER LOVERS
PASSIONS
AND DESIRES
INTERESTS, THINGS
AND PEOPLE
NOW PASS THROUGH
HOLY FIRES
TO BURN AWAY IDOLATRY
TO PROVE YOU ARE
THE MOST TO ME
AND AS I FIND
MY CHIEF DELIGHT IN YOU
I KNOW YOU WILL
MAKE ALL MY
OTHER DREAMS
COME TRUE
THE LITTLE ONES
THAT MEAN
A LOT TO ME
THE ONES
YOU PLACED
THERE
BEFORE HISTORY
TO PROVE JUST HOW
GREAT A GOD, YOU CAN BE
EVERY HOPE
EVERY DREAM
AND ASPIRATION TOO
THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS
PRECIOUS FATHER...
IT IS YOU.
GENE JOHNSON (COPYRIGHT
2006)
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