“DELIGHT (chephets: to take pleasure in) yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the DESIRES of your heart.” (Psa. 37:4)
When we “delight” in something it’s because it brings extreme satisfaction and great pleasure. This is how the Lord created us, we see this in the 1st Psalm. “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, And in His law HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does SHALL PROSPER.” (Psa. 1:1-3) Reading and meditating on the Word of God brings this man extreme satisfaction and great pleasure.
Why is this? God’s Word is ALIVE, God’s Word is full of POWER, Gods Word is His BREATH. When we read the Word we are experience the ESSENCE of God. “…the word of God is ALIVE and POWERFUL. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It EXPOSES our innermost thoughts and desires. Nothing in all creation IS HIDDEN FROM GOD. Everything is NAKED and EXPOSED before His eyes, and He is the one to whom we are accountable.” (Heb. 4:12-13) Look at 2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD, (theopneustos: God-breathed) and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim. 3:16-17) The five highlighted words are translated from one Greek word theopneustos. The NIV more correctly renders it, “All Scripture is GOD–BREATHED…”
The gospel of John chapter one states, “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men… And the WORD BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:1-4, 14) “…His name is called THE WORD OF GOD.” (Rev. 19:13)
-Bill Stockham
Desire means “a strong yearning.” However, some desires are destructive, and these the Bible usually calls “lusts.” These desires are often shown as cravings for satisfaction of the physical appetites (for example, food, alcohol, sex, money, pleasure). Paul tells Timothy, “Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (II Timothy 2:22).