Thought For Focus:Delight = Desires Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37: 4-5 My son, give me your heart, And let your eyes observe my ways. Proverbs 23: 26 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another. Romans 12: 10. The source of our delight shapes the nature of our desires. If we delight in someone, we genuinely want that person to be happy. If we delight in acquiring bigger and better possessions, we won’t be able to stop until we have enough to satisfy us— which never happens. And if we delight in God, our interactions with Him shape our hearts so that we gradually desire what He desires and value what He values. To delight in God is to be satisfied and, in fact, thrilled with His love, forgiveness, and purpose for us. As we know and love Him more, we want to pursue His will, we make choices to follow His leading, and we take action to accomplish things He has directed us to do. It doesn’t take a psychologist to unlock the secrets of our desires. We need only to look at what excites us, what frustrates us, and what hopes and fears fill our minds. We can choose, though, to focus on God, to delight in Him so that He gradually changes the desires of our hearts to fit more with His.
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