Psalm 37:3-4, "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."
In my earlier days, I would have used this verse to justify my laundry list of desires I prayed for and the reason I should get all those things. I grew up in the land of "haves" and I was a "have not". Not that I ever needed for anything and had abundance in all we had. But the thief of joy, comparison, is an ugly little bugger and I thought I "needed" lots of things (hello "Candy" shoes, "Polo" shirts, "Izods", "Tretorn" tennis shoes, etc).
All the prosperity gospel out there. God will pour blessings on you when you put your faith in Him. While this is indeed true, what is often missed is that HE IS THE BLESSING...not the stuff. Dr. Constable reminded me that the righteous who "delight in the Lord" will want to see HIS will done. And Henry said, "...we must make God our heart's delight and THEN we shall have our heart's desire." So simple, so sweet and complete. Most days I get it. Comparison occasionally will show up and rear her ugly head, but I don't have to go very far to realize that stuff has never really satisfied the desires of my heart the way He always has. So I will trust in Him and I will dwell in His Word and be ever so grateful He is the desire of my heart.
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