I actually found the word delight in my reading this week. I knew it was coming, and the familiar words were still a powerful reminder of how God delights in obedience.
Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 15:22 -
It reminded me of some other words of Jesus and made me want to have a quiet heart of obedience because that brings pleasure and delight to the Lord.
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
(John 14:15)
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
(John 15:10)
So good! I need to remember that the Lord's delight in me and my delight in him will meet in my obedience.
ReplyDeleteLovely Lynn. And ditto to Leslie's well put comment.
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