Psalm 37:4 ” Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” (New King James)
The scripture above is well known by most that have a christian background. It is often, however quoted incorrectly by many who tend to leave the word “Also” out of the quote. The word “also” tends to change the meaning slightly in that the quote “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will..” means that this is the only condition necessary for you to meet the requirements that Jesus has to give you all the desires of your heart.
When the quote includes the word “also”, the meaning changes and “Delight yourself also in the Lord…” becomes one of a number of requirements that need to be fulfilled first in order that Jesus gives you all the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:3 ” Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the Land and feed on His Faithfulness.” These are some of the other requirements that are needed in order that you should receive the desires of your heart.
1) You need to trust in the Lord – with all your heart and mind.
2) You must do Good – to others as well as to the Lord
3) You must Dwell in the land – we all live in the land – so this means somthing else – you must live in the word of God.
4) Feed on His faithfulness – receive your sustenance from Him.
The world teaches us that we are to receive all that we can from others and often when we come to Jesus and accept Him as Lord and Saviour in our lives, many come with the attitude of “what can I get from Jesus?”. This attitude of GIMME GIMME does not work and when you come to Jesus purely to receive from Him, it is hardly likely that you will receive anything back from Jesus.
When you fall in Love with Jesus and your love for Jesus becomes the centre of your existence, then you start to truly live to serve Jesus and then all the provisions of the scripture start to be fulfilled and Jesus, in return, starts to provide you with all the desires of your heart.
In order to fully live in the love of Jesus, first invite Jesus into your life, then Draw near to God and he will draw near to you, and lastly live in the Law of Liberty that He has given you.
