“Take delight in the Lord and HE will give YOU the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4
We do it backwards. Typically it’s…”take delight in myself and what I THINK I want and go after it with all of my OWN strength until I get it because I deserve it.”
One leads to true rest. True peace. True awe and wonder. True gratitude.
One leads to striving. Self-focus. Self-centeredness. Being driven. And often, ending up in a place that doesn’t satisfy you anyway.
Order.
Delighting ourselves in the Lord comes FIRST. Then trusting, waiting, and receiving.
xox.eb
As always, so beautiful Elizabeth. I do believe the word delight in the Hebrew means to be soft and pliable.