A Spring in Your Step
To all who labor and are heavy laden,
Most of us are much busier than we wish to be. We rush from place to place with lists to check off and struggle to keep our spiritual life how we would like to see it. All of this can result in our walk with the Lord feeling sluggish, until we realize what has happened and make a conscious decision to come to Him again - the source of our strength and life.
I would like to encourage you this morning from Psalm 37:23 where King David writes: “The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way.”
I’ve had people quote the first part of that Scripture to me in times when they tried to encourage me to trust that the Lord will establish my steps and guide my way, and I love it. But there is a second half to this verse that I have not heard quoted quite so often, a part that I think is essential to the promise of the first half, that is: “when he delights in his way.”
You see, when King David wrote these words, he didn’t just write a blanket statement that the Lord would bless and guide our ways or all our labor and busy work. Instead, he conveys a wisdom that he found to be true in his life because he has seen it many times. When David was fearful and discouraged, he had a hard time seeing the path of the Lord and the solutions to his problems, but if he sought the Lord and found pleasure in His presence again, then all of the sudden, things worked out better. Our steps can be established and made secure by the Lord and He desires to do so, but that blessing is often related to our attitude and walk with Him. If we only see the issues and walk in discouragement, we lack faith and faith is what the Lord takes pleasure in because it shows that we love and trust Him regardless of our circumstances. More often than not it is a conscious decision that we can make to “delight” ourselves in the Lord, not because of outward circumstances, but simply because of the goodness of the Lord and the comforting presence of His Spirit. It can put a spring back into our steps, and as that happens, the love and grace and blessings of the Lord start flowing again in our life. Not because of merit or seeing a betterment of our situation, but purely because we “delight” ourselves in the fellowship of the One we love despite all our surroundings.
Let the Lord put a spring in your step this morning and walk as a child of the Most High, delight yourself in His fellowship and linger just a little longer in a state of prayer with Him. And as you do this the promise that goes with it will bear fruit: that the Lord will guide and guard your steps to avoid pitfalls, mistakes, misunderstandings. I think we all need that because we often feel our days are booby trapped enough by the enemy. So find a time and place to delight yourself in the fellowship of the Lord and in His company during your busy day and let it put that spring in your step!
Most of us are much busier than we wish to be. We rush from place to place with lists to check off and struggle to keep our spiritual life how we would like to see it. All of this can result in our walk with the Lord feeling sluggish, until we realize what has happened and make a conscious decision to come to Him again - the source of our strength and life.
I would like to encourage you this morning from Psalm 37:23 where King David writes: “The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way.”
I’ve had people quote the first part of that Scripture to me in times when they tried to encourage me to trust that the Lord will establish my steps and guide my way, and I love it. But there is a second half to this verse that I have not heard quoted quite so often, a part that I think is essential to the promise of the first half, that is: “when he delights in his way.”
You see, when King David wrote these words, he didn’t just write a blanket statement that the Lord would bless and guide our ways or all our labor and busy work. Instead, he conveys a wisdom that he found to be true in his life because he has seen it many times. When David was fearful and discouraged, he had a hard time seeing the path of the Lord and the solutions to his problems, but if he sought the Lord and found pleasure in His presence again, then all of the sudden, things worked out better. Our steps can be established and made secure by the Lord and He desires to do so, but that blessing is often related to our attitude and walk with Him. If we only see the issues and walk in discouragement, we lack faith and faith is what the Lord takes pleasure in because it shows that we love and trust Him regardless of our circumstances. More often than not it is a conscious decision that we can make to “delight” ourselves in the Lord, not because of outward circumstances, but simply because of the goodness of the Lord and the comforting presence of His Spirit. It can put a spring back into our steps, and as that happens, the love and grace and blessings of the Lord start flowing again in our life. Not because of merit or seeing a betterment of our situation, but purely because we “delight” ourselves in the fellowship of the One we love despite all our surroundings.
Let the Lord put a spring in your step this morning and walk as a child of the Most High, delight yourself in His fellowship and linger just a little longer in a state of prayer with Him. And as you do this the promise that goes with it will bear fruit: that the Lord will guide and guard your steps to avoid pitfalls, mistakes, misunderstandings. I think we all need that because we often feel our days are booby trapped enough by the enemy. So find a time and place to delight yourself in the fellowship of the Lord and in His company during your busy day and let it put that spring in your step!
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