Jun 23

Psalm 37:4-5
Memorise Psalm 37:4
“…he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

Today’s verse is one of a duet! These two verses were among the favourite memory verses I remember as a young Christian!

Everyone wants God to give us the desires of our hearts! But how? It is not by praying and petitioning to God. It is not by doing everything the “right way” so that God will grant us our desires. In fact, it is the other way round! The Christian life has a different “sequence” from the life     of other religions.

Many religions require their followers to live a good moral life, so as to earn the approval of their gods. They think that just because they do good deeds, then they deserve some sort of blessing from their god. Thus their motivation for doing good deeds is not really to please their god, but it is so that they can have some personal gain.

This is not so for our God! God teaches us to first delight in Him. What this means is that we take pleasure in the matters that He takes pleasure in, and are delighted in the things that He is  delighted  in. When that happens, our desires and wills shall be aligned with His.   Then we will forget our own selfish desires. Our desires will then be     His. That is what it means when the Bible tells us that we will be given the desires of our heart. It is not that our selfish carnal wants will be fulfilled, but that we, having the mind of Christ, will want the things that God wants us to have.

But how can this happen? Again it comes down to seeking, understanding and obeying God’s will for our lives. As we study God’s Word and know Him better, these things will naturally fall into place. Psalm 37:5 tells us to simply commit our way unto the LORD; trust also in Him. We are to fully commit our lives to God and yield ourselves to Him. We let Him take the lead in our lives, for we trust in His goodness.

Dear teen, don’t consider studying God’s Word and quiet time as chores. Do these with a loving heart and they shall become a joy to our souls!

Thought: The Christian life is a life of delight, joy, love and gratitude. The more we know God, the more we will love Him, and the more we will know God’s will.
Prayer: O LORD, may we know and love You more and more, day by  day.