Psalm 37:4 (NASB)
Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Through out our lives we have desires, some are good and others are bad. How to have Godly desires. Because these are the desires that will be given as said in the above verse, not every desire that fulfills our needs or wants. So, how should one start to have Godly desires.
The process is "Delight yourself in the Lord" -
Delight - To please someone greatly.
Whom should we please, why and how?
God, Lord Jesus Christ. Because he pleased God by obeying and doing God's will. By Faith,
John 16:32 NIV
"A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
Jesus had an enormous trust in God the Father, that even the most difficult time in his life, he gave his choice to the Father, Luke 22:42 NIV "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Romans 13:14 NIV
Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
How to please God and not our own selves is to be aware that God is in us, around us. He makes great impact in our lives than any other person we can think of, we can't save ourselves, we can't have plans even before our birth, we can't bring ourselves from our sinful nature. But Jesus does, he did it on the cross. So, if we were to tell that we still want to please someone else or ourselves we are fooling ourselves. We look beyond to the person who has successfully done the desires of God, delighting in him completely not satisfying his own will or pleasures. Born in a Carpenter's family, did the work of carpentary work, helped people from the most important decisions in life. We see the life of Jesus the greatest example, he met people in their needs, not expecting anything from them. He looked up on the people to whom the world looked down. He encouraged people who are said to be sinners, poor, unworthy and failures. We see the examples like the Adultrous women, the women at the well, Zacheous,
Delighting in the Lord - is doing the will of God, Jesus said it is his food, It is his work,
The excuses for not pleasing God - the same thing that should please God, The Work, Family, Friendship, finances, etc... should not distract.
Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Through out our lives we have desires, some are good and others are bad. How to have Godly desires. Because these are the desires that will be given as said in the above verse, not every desire that fulfills our needs or wants. So, how should one start to have Godly desires.
The process is "Delight yourself in the Lord" -
Delight - To please someone greatly.
Whom should we please, why and how?
God, Lord Jesus Christ. Because he pleased God by obeying and doing God's will. By Faith,
John 16:32 NIV
"A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
Jesus had an enormous trust in God the Father, that even the most difficult time in his life, he gave his choice to the Father, Luke 22:42 NIV "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB)
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Romans 13:14 NIV
Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
How to please God and not our own selves is to be aware that God is in us, around us. He makes great impact in our lives than any other person we can think of, we can't save ourselves, we can't have plans even before our birth, we can't bring ourselves from our sinful nature. But Jesus does, he did it on the cross. So, if we were to tell that we still want to please someone else or ourselves we are fooling ourselves. We look beyond to the person who has successfully done the desires of God, delighting in him completely not satisfying his own will or pleasures. Born in a Carpenter's family, did the work of carpentary work, helped people from the most important decisions in life. We see the life of Jesus the greatest example, he met people in their needs, not expecting anything from them. He looked up on the people to whom the world looked down. He encouraged people who are said to be sinners, poor, unworthy and failures. We see the examples like the Adultrous women, the women at the well, Zacheous,
Delighting in the Lord - is doing the will of God, Jesus said it is his food, It is his work,
The excuses for not pleasing God - the same thing that should please God, The Work, Family, Friendship, finances, etc... should not distract.
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