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<\/a><\/p>\nI have loved Psalm 37:4 since I was just a little girl. \u00a0When I was a teenager, I began to really consider what it meant. \u00a0I was struggling with what I thought my heart desired, and what I knew\u00a0God wanted for me. \u00a0How could that be different? \u00a0Didn’t God promise to give me my heart’s desires?<\/p>\n
One day, it hit me that this\u00a0verse didn’t mean that if I would do right God would give me whatever I wanted. \u00a0Rather, it meant that if I would learn to find my delight in God, I would have my heart’s desires. \u00a0When you truly love and delight in someone, you have no greater desire than to please them. \u00a0I realized that if I would delight myself in the Lord, He would give me the desires of my heart, because the greatest desire of my heart would be to please Him. \u00a0I went home that day and wrote this song.<\/p>\n
As I think back about that time in my life, I realize that there was a huge battle going on for who and what would capture my heart. \u00a0God does not want our money, our time, our “sacrifice”, our service, unless He has our hearts. \u00a0He knows that if He has our hearts, all those other things will come along. \u00a0That is why Jesus said that the greatest commandment is, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” (Mk. 12:30)<\/p>\n
Regretfully, I cannot say I have always loved the Lord as I should, but I can say that I have always found His\u00a0promise to be true. \u00a0My Savior has never disappointed me, and there is no greater joy and delight than walking in His will.<\/p>\n
I pray that you know Him, and that you know the sweetness of finding your heart’s desires satisfied in Him.<\/p>\n
“The Desires of My Heart<\/em>”<\/p>\n You promised, Lord, that You would give the desires of my heart Grant the desires of my heart, Lord, You know sometimes it seems that all my dreams have died, Grant the desires of my heart, Lord, be the desire of my heart.<\/p>\n \u00a9 Copyright 1993. Niki Lott.<\/p>\n You can find the sheet music to this<\/a> and many other songs here\u00a0at\u00a0www.ChristianCompositions.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” (Ps. 37:4) I have loved Psalm 37:4 since I was just a little girl. \u00a0When I was a teenager, I began to really consider … Continue reading
\nIf I would delight in You.
\nSo, Lord, I pray, help me stay
\nClose to You in every way,
\nThrough every day,
\nHelp me to obey.<\/p>\n
\nHelp me, Lord, to be,
\nPleasing unto Thee
\nThat others may see You in me.
\nGrant my desires,
\nBe my one desire,
\nThe desire of my heart.<\/p>\n
\nThat all my hopes and plans have disappeared.
\nBut help me, Lord, Your peace to feel,
\nHelp me, Lord, to trust You still,
\nHelp me do Your will,
\nLord, not my will.<\/p>\n
\nLet me feel Your hand,
\nHelp me understand
\nThat You’ve had a plan from the start.
\nGrant my desires,
\nBe my one desire,
\nThe desire of my heart.<\/p>\n