Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4
It is rapidly becoming one of my favorite desserts. Recently we had our annual deacon’s fellowship on Sunday evening. While I was ordained a deacon a long time ago, I wasn’t there in that capacity. I was there because I have the privilege of working alongside this great group of men as the pastor of our church. Our fellowship consists of a load of storytelling, some bordering on stretching the truth like a good fishing story, and of course a boatload of good food. Among that food was a smaller boatload of food called “desserts” and among those was something called chocolate delight. Mmmm.
What is chocolate delight, you ask? Well, it is a layered masterpiece that starts with a crust (of some sort—and I’ve never had a bad one). That is followed by two more layers of heaven, and I’ve seen them interchanged—cream cheese, whipped and sweetened (someone say hallelujah) and a layer of chocolate pudding. Then, there is an additional layer of cool whip or whipped cream and finally some sprinkling, like grated chocolate. It is so cool, so light and oh so yummy.
Then, on the Wednesday after Sunday, we had a big fellowship at our church. It is called, “Extreme Christmas” and it consists of a wonderful meal and then some great homestyle entertainment—all provided by the church family. I love it because it reminds me of days gone by when the heart was more important than perfection. Well, before the show was the meal and there were three long tables of desserts—each one from someone’s kitchen and let me just tell you we have some fine kitchens and cooks in our church. And there it was—not one but a couple of dishes of chocolate delight and they were delightful.
Now let me tell you another thing I like about this dessert. The flavor can be changed by simply changing one of the layers. You know, lemon instead of chocolate, butterscotch instead of lemon or maybe strawberry instead of butterscotch. It turns out the flavor of the delight can be changed anytime, and different flavors favor different people. The beauty of this is you can choose your delight. Choose.Your.Delight!
What’s true in desserts is also true in life. We can choose what delights our lives, our souls. I was reading a devotion today and the writer used one of my favorite verses. Tucked away in the Old Testament part of the Bible in Psalms, it says, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” In other words, just like the chocolate flavors the dessert, let the flavor of your life be the Lord and trust me, when He is the flavor of your life, life will be sweeter.
When the verse says He will give you the desires of your heart, that doesn’t mean you have a blank check. It does mean that when the Lord becomes our delight then His desires become our desires and His desires are always, always, best for us. So let me encourage you to find your delight in the Lord and I think you will find that He is better than the best dessert you have ever tasted. You will find out that His, “I’ve got this” is exactly what you needed. Bro. Dewayne
Grits with Grace 