Today's
Devotion
TODAY'S SCRIPTURE
VERSE: I
delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psalms
40:8
DELIGHT
In
this passage of scripture it is very easy to sense the exceeding joy of
true service that is birthed out of divine love! Notice also the
gratification that is expressed in the fulfillment of the divine will of
God. The word
delight here means to be inclined to. We as Christians should be inclined
to the will of our heavenly Father
to the degree that we can say with Christ "not my will, but thine be
done". Not only to incline to, but to have
pleasure in doing the will of God. The Lord declared "my commandments
are not grievous to them that love me", and again the word states
"god loveth a cheerful giver" .How then can one so cheerfully
give their life? The answer is found in the later half of the verse. There can be no delight in
the service of God until the divine law is within our heart. The word
within here means to sever, to bisect, and by implication "the
center". In effect we see a heart that is transplanted by God, a
heart that is filled with the divine law of God! A new heart also will I
give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the
stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
"Ezekiel 36:26" Even so Lord place your law in our hearts that
we may serve you with exceeding joy!
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