Faith Filled Family Magazine August 2016 | Page 92

your righteousness as the light,
and your justice as the noonday.
Be still before the Lord and wait
patiently for him; fret not yourself
over the one who prospers in his
way, over the man who carries
out evil devices!”
In verse 3, the first line corresponds to the second line. To
trust in the Lord, is to dwell in
the land, both go hand-in-hand
with delighting in the Lord v.4.
Delighting in the Lord is what
happens when we meditate on
His Word continually; it’s the way
the Spirit feds our hearts.

life, or testimony from scripture
itself. We recall with fondness,
things we have seen before.
When we delight in the Lord,
God replaces our desires with
His desires and we are in harmony with God; He literally gives
us our hearts desires.

Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not
saying God will give you every
little thing your heart desires;
what I’m saying is that you will
know the path you are to take
when you delight yourself in the
Lord. Your heart is satisfied only
on the things of God. You love
His Word, you meditate on it,
One of the most difficult things you live to please Him and serve
we need to learn to do is to Him. You find His ways fascinatbecome comfortable with ambi- ing and engaging, you hang on
guity. Our desire to know all His every word like you do your
things, is a result of us wanting BFF.
to be the lord of our own life—in
other words—our sin nature.
Sometimes we know vaguely
what God wants us to do
When we feed on his faithful- because God places a desire in
ness, we remind ourselves how us. If you want to get to the speGod has worked in the past, cific, go for it! Pursue what you
either in our own life, a friend’s desire, develop a deeper rela-

tionship with God through Jesus
Christ and your path will become
crystal clear.
I have often asked Christians
going through confusing times if
they’re still praying and reading
their Bible, not to shame them,
but to remind them this is our
mainstay as Believers. Normally
they say no, they haven’t and
usually had stopped doing those
things well before their confusion began—it has been true in
my own life as well.
So, cultivate those confidants
when life is going smoothly,
stay firmly focused on the Lord
and His Word, and the Spirit will
guide you.
Randy E. Williams, MDiv, MA, is
a freelance writer with 25 years
of ordained ministry: a chaplain
(military and hospital), pastor,
church consultant and Christian
conciliator. He may be contacted
at https://www.linkedin.com/pub/
randy-e-williams/34/502/735