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Take delight in the LORD,
    and he will give you your heart's desires

There are times when Christians relate to God as if He were nothing more than a servant of their desires and wishes. God is God for them when He satisfies what they want and when they want it. They go about their lives doing whatever it is they feel like doing and they expect God to validate their decisions by blessing whatever it is they are trying to accomplish. It never occurs to them that God may have plans of His own. It never occurs to them that God may have plans for them.

Such Christians, however, are immature in the faith. They still have it backwards. God is the Sovereign Lord and King of the universe. We are His servants and not the other way around. Our job is not to get God on board our projects, but to get on board His projects. Our job is to set aside the desires of our sinful nature and find out what He wants. We should be praying for the direction and leading of the Holy Spirit rather than praying for the Lord to bless the direction and leading we have already embarked upon.

It is true, as says our verse for today, that God will give us our heart's desires. But there is one stipulation: we must take delight in the Lord. What does it mean to take delight in the Lord? It means that we love the Lord for who He is and for what He is all about. It means that we like the commands, plans, and purposes of God. It means that we are willing to exchange our own desires for the desires of the Lord. God is willing to give us the desires of our heart if those desires have been conformed to His plans and purposes for us.

Today, before you go about your business, ask God to show you what He desires for the day. Matthew 6:33 tells us that we should seek first the Kingdom of God, not that we should seek first our own kingdom.

God will give us our heart's desires when we have a heart for God.

Bible in a Year
Old Testament Reading
Deuteronomy 3, 4


Deuteronomy 3 -- Defeat and Division of Og; Moses Forbidden from Crossing the Jordan

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Deuteronomy 4 -- Israel Urged to Obey; Idolatry Forbidden

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New Testament Reading
Mark 11:20-33


Mark 11 -- The Triumphal Entry; the Money Changers; the Withered Fig Tree; Jesus' Authority

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Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion
Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
        so that we may grow in wisdom.
Insight
Realizing that life is short helps us use the little time we have more wisely and for eternal good.
Challenge
Take time to number your days by asking, “What do I want to see happen in my life before I die? What small step could I take toward that purpose today?”
Morning and Evening by Spurgeon
Mark 11:22  Have faith in God.

Faith is the foot of the soul by which it can march along the road of the commandments. Love can make the feet move more swiftly; but faith is the foot which carries the soul. Faith is the oil enabling the wheels of holy devotion and of earnest piety to move well; and without faith the wheels are taken from the chariot, and we drag heavily. With faith I can do all things; without faith I shall neither have the inclination nor the power to do anything in the service of God. If you would find the men who serve God the best, you must look for the men of the most faith. Little faith will save a man, but little faith cannot do great things for God. Poor Little-faith could not have fought "Apollyon;" it needed "Christian" to do that. Poor Little-faith could not have slain "Giant Despair;" it required "Great-heart's" arm to knock that monster down. Little faith will go to heaven most certainly, but it often has to hide itself in a nut-shell, and it frequently loses all but its jewels. Little-faith says, "It is a rough road, beset with sharp thorns, and full of dangers; I am afraid to go;" but Great-faith remembers the promise, "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; as thy days, so shall thy strength be:" and so she boldly ventures. Little-faith stands desponding, mingling her tears with the flood; but Great-faith sings, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee:" and she fords the stream at once. Would you be comfortable and happy? Would you enjoy religion? Would you have the religion of cheerfulness and not that of gloom? Then "have faith in God." If you love darkness, and are satisfied to dwell in gloom and misery, then be content with little faith; but if you love the sunshine, and would sing songs of rejoicing, covet earnestly this best gift, "great faith."

Daily Light on the Daily Path
Isaiah 54:5  "For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.

Ephesians 5:32  This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Isaiah 62:4,5  It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken," Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate"; But you will be called, "My delight is in her," And your land, "Married"; For the LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married. • For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So your God will rejoice over you.

Isaiah 61:1-3  The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; • To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, • To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:10  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Hosea 2:19  "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion,

Romans 8:35  Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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