Delight Yourself...

...in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart, Psalm 37:4. This verse has shown up in my life many times. A few years ago Jacki preached her very first sermon and it was on this verse. It was an AWESOME sermon! The biggest thing I remember from her sermon was her challenge that if we concentrate on delighting in the Lord then he will mold our desires for ourselves to match his greater desires for our lives. Then this spring in youth group I challenged our mid-high students to memorize this scripture and darned if a handful of them did! Way to go mid-highers!! Then last night at our session meeting we were doing our study on the book "Seizing your divine moment" by Erwin McManus. Chapter Two had a lot of Psalm 37:4 in it. My example was my involvement in Youth Ministry. I only said yes to volunteering in Youth Ministry at my church because I felt I was obligated to do so. I had committed to being an elder for the Christian Ed. team at church and it was my job to volunteer with the youth. I could've sworn up one side and down the other that it was definitely not the desire of my heart to work in youth ministry. But now I LOVE LOVE LOVE working with the youth of my church...God has transformed my heart!...I love it when he does that. This morning I was on my new front deck reading Youth Worker Journal magazine and got even more excited about all the stuff there is to learn about in youth ministry. It is the desire of my heart and I am delighting in it!:-)