Commit your ways to the Lord and trust in Him — because if you do, He will do the following for you:
If You Wait On the Lord, He Will Give You the Desires of Your Heart–Psalm 37:4-15
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in Him and He will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
7 Be still before the Lord
and wait patiently for Him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy peace and prosperity.
12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
When we are anxious for something to happen, or when we see others prosper who don’t necessarily ‘deserve it’, we’re often tempted to lose our patience and take matters into our own hands. This is, however, the worst thing we can do. God knows what is best for us. He has a perfect plan that we don’t always understand. This is why God calls on us to trust Him. We must recognize that God alone can see the beginning from the end; the end from the beginning. He knows the full story and every scene in between.
When we work outside of God’s will, thinking we know what’s best, we trade God’s perfect plan and efforts in exchange for our own short-sighted and faulty ones. When the temptation sets in, we are to heed the beautiful words of the psalmist which echo Jesus’ own Words: “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways … Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn.” Amen! He is about to give you the desires of your heart… trust Him.
Hi,
(Psalm 37 : 4) says :’Take delight in the LORD, & He will give you the desires of your heart.’
The verse is propounded nicely in this article.
The following verses denote : the ways, that we can delight in the Lord _:
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1) ‘By keeping The LORD always before us.
(Psalm 16: 8,9 ) says :’I have set the LORD always before me: Therefore my heart is glad. ‘
2) Delight in His statutes, i. e. in His ways (commandments,Law ).
These are 5 consistent Verses
i) (Psalm 119:16) states : ‘I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.’
!!) (Psa. 112 :1) states : ‘Blessed is the man, that delighteth greatly in His commandments.’
!!!) (Isaiah 58: 2) states :“They seek me daily & delight to know my ways. ”
iv) (Psalm 119: 35) states :” Lead me in the path of your command ments, for I delight in it”.
v) (Psalm 1: 2 ) says :’ Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord. ‘
3) Delight by putting trust in Him & loving His name.
(Psalm 5:11) says,’ Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.’
4) Delight in the Sabbath.
(Isaiah 58: 13,14) states :“If you call the Sabbath a delight & the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; then you shall take delight in the Lord.’
5) Delight in His fear.
(Psalm 119: 74)says:’They that fear thee will be glad. ”
6) Delight in hope.
(Romans 5:1-2) says :’By Lord Jesus Christ, we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, & rejoice in hope of the glory of God ‘
7) ln the salvation.
(Psalm 9 :14)says, ‘I will rejoice in Thy salvation.’
8) (1 Peter 4:12,13)says: ‘Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings.’
9) Rejoice in temptations of life.’
(James 1: 2 ) says:’ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations. ‘
10) Rejoice in persecutions.
(Matthew 5 :12)says:’ Rejoice, & be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you ‘.
11) Rejoice in sorrow.
(2 Corinthians 6:10 )says :’ As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ‘.
And,
12) Rejoice in barrenness.
(Galatians 4: 27 )says :’ For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not. ‘
( Psalm 34 : 2) says :’ Humble becomes glad in The Lord.’
Jesus prayed, “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”
( Matthew 6: 10)
But God will give the desires of man ‘s heart.’