Delight in the Lord
"Only after a painful ordeal of self-probing are we likely to discover what we actually think about God." -A. W. Tozer.Have you ever taken time to assess what you truly think about God? Take a few minutes now, if you can, and do that. Avoid giving the typical "Sunday School" answer, or the answer you know to be correct. Really think about it. Based on how you live the faith that you profess, what do you actually think and believe to be true?
I did this exercise recently and was shamefully convicted by it. It was easy enough to rattle off the "correct" answers, but when I held myself accountable to the instructions, my answer was, to be blunt, pathetic. It was vague, impersonal, and was about as passionate as a brown paper bag.
Know His Heart
Take a moment now and read Psalm 145 - the whole thing. I know, I'm being bossy, but I'm just getting started. Now google "Valley Of Vision - Praise and Thanksgiving". Now google the lyrics for the classic hymn "The Love of God".
How would you rate your passion for the Lord in comparison to that chapter, prayer, and song? Again, be brutally honest; don't settle for the Sunday School answer you know to be correct. Do you realize that the passion of these three different authors stems from their knowledge of the Lord? They delight in Him because they know Him! Knowing "of" someone, and knowing them personally are not the same thing. Think of the difference of being a fan versus being a friend. A fan knows facts and stats, but a friend knows the heart.
Delight in the Lord
Jeremiah 9:23-24 tells us the Lord delights in those who know Him!
And Psalm 145 declares, "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable" (v. 3, ESV).
My dear sister, take heart in this encouragement. The Lord delights in your pursuit to know Him. Don't just settle for knowing Him merely through books or through the words of your pastor. Pursue to know the Lord as He has revealed Himself through His Word, for you cannot delight in Whom you don't know intimately and personally.
