I DELIGHT TO DO THY WILL, O MY GOD!

MONDAY, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  I DELIGHT TO DO THY WILL, O MY GOD!

MEMORIZE: “I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”  Psalm 40:8.

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 40:8-10.

“8 I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart." 9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O LORD, You Yourself know. 10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly.”

EXPOSITION:

To delight is to have joy in who you are or what you have or in what you are doing or things someone is doing around you. Doing the will of God should be the foremost priority of every believer. We are saved to do God’s will. Though on several occasions, His will might collide with ours, yet in such situation, we must learn to say, “Thy will be done, o Lord”. Jesus Christ, our Lord, having freely offered himself to die for the sins of the world, according to the will of His Father, he did not fail, nor was discouraged, but proceeded with all possible satisfaction to himself (Ps 40:8,9): “I delight to do thy will, O my God!” 

To Christ, his meat and drink is to go on with the work of His Father, as appointed to him (John 4:34 “Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”); and the reason here given is, “Thy law is within my heart.” It is written there, it rules there, it is an active commanding principle there. It is meant of the law concerning the work and office of the Mediator, what he was to do and suffer; this law was dear to him and had an influence upon him in his whole undertaking. 

Note, When the law of God is written in our hearts our duty will be our delight. There will be no murmuring, no grumbling and no ill-complain when we are doing what we delight in. As believers, we must find pleasure in doing the will of God. It calls for our total dedication and obedience. And at the end, it usually attracts God’s blessings. 

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, I receive grace to delight in your will and law In Jesus Name.  

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Isaiah  33 – 35.

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