The Heart of the Matter

Leviticus 6-7:27 Mark 3:7-30 Psalm 37:1-11 Proverbs 10:3-4

Take delight in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4

Too often this verse gets mixed around and then people get the wrong idea. People start thinking of the desires of their heart before taking delight in God. Visions of cars and houses, fame and success explode in the mind as one believes God is going to be like a billionaire grandfather who cannot say no to his grandchildren. This person is not focused on God and His love and truth. This person is focused on wants he has been dreaming of for years.

The verse starts by making God our delight. Something magical happens when God becomes our delight. Some things that were so important lose their meaning while others we never gave a second thought become our primary focus. When God comes into a person’s heart, it’s like the person received a heart transplant. God become her treasure and He is what she desires more than anything.

Truth is, all this stuff here on earth will be meaningless when Jesus comes back to get us. If we delight in the stuff here on earth, we are not going to want to leave it to be with Him for eternity. That brings us back to the point of the verse: Do you desire God? If so, you will get what you desire.

Father God, we want You to be our treasure today. Give us heart transplants that see the world from Your perspective. Help us to remember that to be with You means leaving this world along with all the stuff in it. We don’t want it to take us away from You. Amen.