“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

I grew up on a Kentucky farm with six brothers and sisters. Our favorite pastime was swimming in the creek. Many Sunday afternoons were spent in those cool rippling waters.

Our attention could not have been more fully in the moment as we waded, floated and swam between those tree-lined banks. We delighted in that creek.

To delight in the Lord is to be fully engaged in him. If I delight in him, my desires will be for the blessings of God and those desires will be met. I won’t have to overthink my life satisfaction rating.

If I’m immersed in him my desires will be intune with his wishes and satisfied.

Lord, give me a desire to fully delight in you—to know you more and follow you closer. I’d like to be as delighted in you as a bunch of country kids in the creek on Sunday afternoon.