The Lord delights in you

The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey His voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
(Deuteronomy 30:10 NLT)

Why do we place such a high value on other people’s opinions or broadcast to others how much a particular opinion does not count when in the end it’s all part of the same game. The one thing it does without us know it is reveal where our time is spent. Did you know the Lord Himself delights in you if you obey His voice and keep His commandments? Do you think we can keep one eye on God and the other on people’s opinions? Wanting to be liked is a strong pull but are we to allow it to direct our paths?

God gave us free will and anyone or anything we surrender that free will to can be summed up with one word ~ sin! We don’t understand how important the gift God gave is. Do you know why drunkenness is sin? Who’s in control? What about anger, jealousy, bitterness, or strife? All these things cost us the gift God gave specifically to each one of us. You see He delights in us and with free will we are able to choose to delight ourselves in Him. As a matter of fact He is waiting for you to meet Him in this place with arms wide open and blessings abounding but days turn into weeks and weeks into years before we realize what we are missing. If this is the case there is little wonder in the tragedy that is allowed in our lives that causes us to refocus our attention upon our Lord and Savior.

Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you your heart's desires.
(Psalms 37:4 NLT)

There is something deceitful about our hearts, though we’ve seen God’s goodness and righteousness with our own eyes our hearts, without warning, will turn from God. Be on guard day and night so that you may remain in God’s presence and keep the gift (free will) that has cost Him His Son’s life. Do not take it lightly and do not give it away to lesser things, for you will be judged according to your ability to hold on to it.

"The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? But I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve."
(Jeremiah 17:9-10 NLT)