Meet the Condition

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)

It is wrong to think God will automatically give you the desires of your heart. God will not give you the desires of your heart, even if you feel confident that you are serving Him to the fullest. Perhaps you are serving Him, but you are not meeting the condition of the above scripture.

The problem might lie in the fact that you do not delight yourself ALSO in the Lord. Perhaps you are doing ministry for the wrong reason. If you have wrong motives, God is not obligated to give you the desires of your heart (James 4:3).

You must first make sure your desires are shaped by your delight in the Lord. Then God will keep His promise to give you the desires of your heart according to the condition attached to the promise.

By loving, serving, and delighting yourself in the Lord, your desires will match His desires for you. Then your greatest desires will be manifested as you conform your life to His will.

Meet the condition of “delighting yourself also in the Lord, and then God will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4).

Rev. Margaret Minnicks