Forever For His Glory

At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night ; a nd God said, “Ask! What shall I give you?”And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of my father David, but I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?” The speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long lif...

This was written on February 13th, 2011. P salm 37:4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. "Delight yourself also in the Lord." What does that really mean? How can you do that? The dictionary definition of 'delight' is: A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; something that gives great pleasure. How often do we really do this? The first thing I think of that delights me is my family, friends, and animals. Yet we are supposed to delight in the Lord! We are supposed to be taking pleasure and enjoyment from spending time with Him. It isn't supposed to be something that we have to do, it should be something we can't wait to do! We should love talking to, and spending time with Him as much as going over to our best friends house, or playing a game, or whatever activity we "delight" in. Our delight should be on the Lord! He should be our focus and the center of all of our thoughts and actions. When most of...