“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” 37:4
Read a really good reply to a post on another blog today that got me thinking about the same thing the woman posting was thinking: Psalm 37:4 is a tough verse.
Intellectually I get it, but I guess it’s the application. I know it’s not red letter, but it starts me down the journey toward the red letters. All my Christian life, I’ve grown up with people quoting this verse to me. Granted they are well meaning folks, like grandparents, Sunday School teachers and friends, folks that I think know what they are talking about. Yet here I am today, I do not have the desires of my heart. What I have is a huge faith struggle.
Don’t hear what I’m not saying…(thanks Reggie McNeal). I’m not saying I’m not blessed or loved or anything like that or that my home, family, friends, church, etc are not awesome – they are. I am only saying, if you asked me if I had the desires of my heart (and those close to me know what they are) I would honestly say no, I do not.
Read a really good reply to a post on another blog today that got me thinking about the same thing the woman posting was thinking: Psalm 37:4 is a tough verse.
Intellectually I get it, but I guess it’s the application. I know it’s not red letter, but it starts me down the journey toward the red letters. All my Christian life, I’ve grown up with people quoting this verse to me. Granted they are well meaning folks, like grandparents, Sunday School teachers and friends, folks that I think know what they are talking about. Yet here I am today, I do not have the desires of my heart. What I have is a huge faith struggle.
Don’t hear what I’m not saying…(thanks Reggie McNeal). I’m not saying I’m not blessed or loved or anything like that or that my home, family, friends, church, etc are not awesome – they are. I am only saying, if you asked me if I had the desires of my heart (and those close to me know what they are) I would honestly say no, I do not.
Back to the verse. I then try to figure out what the desires of my heart should be because apparently they are not correct desires, as they have not been granted. Then I beat myself up for having bad desires. I then realize that these desires are not rooted in evil nor are they stemmed from anything bad or wrong. The desires are fine. Then, I look at myself. Maybe I’m not fine.
This is not wholly about me. It’s really about any of us that have found our “desires” forgotten. It’s about coming to terms with what the Bible says and can any of it be believed. I think it can of course, but need some help.
Any takers?
