{"id":1782,"date":"2019-03-18T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2019-03-18T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:57:07","slug":"walking-in-gods-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"Walking in God&#8217;s Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>B<strong>eing With My Buds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When I was a kid we had no cell phones, no internet, and no video games. Personal computers had not been invented. We had four TV channels, if you included the educational channel. A few shows were in color including, Disney\u2019s Wonderful World of Color, which aired on Sunday nights. So, we spent a lot of time playing outside.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of my road, my good friends Larry and Lee lived next to each other. On Saturday mornings, I might watch a few cartoons, but I much preferred being with my buds. As soon as possible, I\u2019d hop on my bike and coast down the hill to their houses to hang out. We\u2019d play basketball, baseball or football, fish in the creek or ride our bikes to the community pool to swim.<\/p>\n<p>I remember, in my excitement, arriving too early one Saturday morning. I saw no activity in either house and I didn\u2019t want to wake anyone. I parked my bike and sat on a bank in between their two houses and waited to play with them. I don\u2019t remember who showed up first, but when one of them came out of their house, the games began.<\/p>\n<p>Would God arrive early to be with me? Would He wait eagerly for me to appear? I read that He would, and so much more. But, I can\u2019t grasp it.<\/p>\n<p><em>They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the <\/em><em>Lord<\/em><em> was my stay. He brought me forth also into a broad place;<\/em><em> He rescued me, because He <\/em><em>delighted<\/em><em> in me <strong>(Psalm 18:18-19 NASB).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lord, I read you delight in me. You\u2019re gladder to be with me than I was to be with Larry and Lee. Being with me gives You pleasure. I can\u2019t fathom this. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>All You\u2019ve Done for Me<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Lord, open the eyes of my heart to all you\u2019ve done for me and how much You long to be with me. <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before the world was formed, you chose to love me and to adopt me as your child<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ve loved me with an everlasting love which is unaffected by any of my thoughts, feelings or choices<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You\u2019re familiar with all my ways, You weaved me together in my mother\u2019s womb, Your thoughts toward me are beyond number<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Your love for me surpasses understanding. Even the breadth, width, length and height of the ocean and the sky above doesn\u2019t adequately portray how delighted you are in me<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Even when I was against you, dead in my sinful ways and lost with no hope, you gave your very life so that we could be together forever<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>You rejoice and shout for joy when You\u2019re with me<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Wow! Great thanks and praise well up in my heart at all you\u2019ve done for me. You care for me more than any person ever could.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Declaring Your Love for Me<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Lord, nothing in my life can thwart your love for me. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I was in your mind when you created the world and Your thoughts toward me can\u2019t be measured. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You know everything about me. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You designed me according to Your plans for me. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You\u2019re so happy to be with me You gave your life to rescue me from oblivion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I make you rejoice and jump for joy.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Walking in God\u2019s Delight<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>How will walking in heart felt awareness of God\u2019s delight in me change me?<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to absorb the hurtful actions of others, like flaming arrows extinguished in a vast ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to I trust that even the very difficult trials I\u2019m going through are being used by Him for my eternal good.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to stay aware of His nearness and rejoice in life\u2019s moments with him.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to notice and appreciate more fully His creation around me.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to love others with His abiding love.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God\u2019s delight allows me to desire Him and delight in Him about all else.<\/p>\n<p>Walking in God&#8217;s delight fills me with the overflowing joy of His presence.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Our Opposition<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Walking in heartfelt awareness of God\u2019s delight will literally change the moments of our days and transform our lives. So, it\u2019s a key strategy of our adversary to try and block this life changing knowledge. But we are not unaware of these schemes and we are divinely empowered to destroy everything that blocks God\u2019s love.<\/p>\n<p><em>For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,<\/em><em> for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (<strong>II Corinthians 10:3-5<\/strong> NASB).<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Lord, knowing your love changes everything. Reveal your great delight in us now and always. Help us walk in your delight. By your mighty divine power, destroy every speculation and lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of your love. Fill our hearts with fresh awareness of your delight in us. In Jesus name I pray. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Novels by the Author:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beyond-Time-could-change-event\/dp\/179035899X\">Beyond Time<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hope-Remains-Sequel-Beyond-Time\/dp\/197345940X\/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1547672424&amp;sr=1-8&amp;keywords=Hope+Remains\">Hope Remains<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Ephesians 1:4-5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Jeremiah 31:3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Psalm 139<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Ephesians 3:17-19<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Ephesians 2:4-5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> Zephaniah 3:17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid we had no cell phones, no internet, and no video games. Personal computers had not been invented. We had four TV channels, if you included the educational channel. A few shows were in color including, Disney\u2019s Wonderful World of Color, which aired on Sunday nights. So, we spent a lot of time playing outside.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of my road, my good friends Larry and Lee lived next to each other. On Saturday mornings, I might watch a few cartoons, but I much preferred being with my buds. As soon as possible, I\u2019d hop on my bike and coast down the hill to their houses to hang out. We\u2019d play basketball, baseball or football, fish in the creek or ride our bikes to the community pool to swim.<\/p>\n<p>I remember, in my excitement, arriving too early one Saturday morning. I saw no activity in either house and I didn\u2019t want to wake anyone. I parked my bike and sat on a bank in between their two houses and waited to play with them. I don\u2019t remember who showed up first, but when one of them came out of their house, the games began.<\/p>\n<p>Would God arrive early to be with me? Would He wait eagerly for me to appear? I read that He would, and so much more. But, I can\u2019t grasp it.<\/p>\n<p>They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me (Psalm 18:18-19 NASB).<\/p>\n<p>Lord, I read you delight in me. You\u2019re gladder to be with me than I was to be with Larry and Lee. Being with me gives You pleasure. I can\u2019t fathom this. <\/p>\n<p>Show me how to walk in Your Delight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1029,730],"tags":[890,1040,1039,1043,1032,847,1048,1038,1056,873,1070,1064,1036,1069,1049,191,1052,1065,257,1062,1041,333,1030,1059,1060,1031,1058,1047,1061,1068,1033,1050,1055,1067,1066,1072,1035,1044,1051,1046,106,1054,1053,1042,1071,1063,1057,1034,1045,1037,282],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-being-with-us-gives-god-pleasure","category-loved-in-spite-of-how-we-feel","tag-abiding-love","tag-baseball","tag-basketball","tag-buds","tag-cell-phones","tag-cherish-lifes-moments","tag-choose-to-be-loved","tag-color-tv","tag-constant-love","tag-delight-in-god","tag-destruction-of-fortresses","tag-difficult-trials","tag-disney","tag-divinely-powerful","tag-ephesians-14-5","tag-ephesians-24-5","tag-ephesians-317-19","tag-eternal-good","tag-everlasting-love","tag-extingusihing-arrows","tag-fishing","tag-football","tag-friends","tag-god-designed-us","tag-god-rescued-us","tag-gods-delight","tag-gods-thoughts-toward-us","tag-grasping-gods-love","tag-hurtful-actions","tag-ii-corinthians-103-5","tag-internet","tag-jeremiah-313","tag-love-which-surpasses-knowledge","tag-loving-god","tag-loving-people","tag-overflowing-joy","tag-personal-computers","tag-pleased-to-be-with","tag-psalm-139","tag-psalm-1818-19","tag-rejoice","tag-shout-for-joy","tag-surpassing-love","tag-swimming","tag-taking-every-thought-captive","tag-trusting-god","tag-unshakable-love","tag-video-games","tag-waiting","tag-wonderful-world-of-color","tag-zephaniah-317"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/1788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joy-in-the-journey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}