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| What does your heart desire today? |
“Trust in the Lord and do
good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your
heart.” Psalm 37:4
Reading all of Psalm 37 I
see the call to trust Him written over and over. “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him…”(vs.
5); “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;…” (vs. 7); “…do not
fret...” (vs 8); "Wait for the Lord" (vs. 34)
God knows that to turn
away from His love and grace will not end well for us because we were not
created to be on our own. We are created
for relationship with Him. He will not
force us to live trusting in His love, but when we do not trust Him, our actions and attitudes get out of synch with His good and perfect will.
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| "Look at the birds of the air..." Matthew 6:26 |
In the world we associate surrender with the loser. But it is one of those upside down realities of living in God's kingdom that the more we surrender to God's love, the more we experience His victory rather than loss. And the more victory I experience the easier it is to take refuge in Him rather than to taking things into my own hands. And it's easier to delight myself in the Lord at times when my desires are unfulfilled right now.
My husband loves to use our dog as an example of the benefits of trust. The more we care for Josey the more she trusts us and obeys her limits. Then the more she obeys, the more we trust her and the more freedom she is allowed.
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| Josey off her leash at the beach |
Psalm
103:4 says that God is the One "who satisfies your desires with good
things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's."
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