Psalm 37:4, part deux
Looking again at Psalm 37:4:
As I wrote this morning, we are not here being told that God will give us anything we want because we say he’s delightful. Instead, we find that, by seeking after God, we are assured of finding him, and thus finding our fulfillment.
There’s a weird command here, though: How can you be commanded to find delight in something? Isn’t the idea of delight the very antithesis of command: Delight flows from a spontaneous feeling, not a sense of duty.
The issue here is not that this comes as a command from a parent: “You’ll eat your broccoli and you’ll like it!” Well, maybe there’s nothing particular pleasing to me about broccoli. Therefore it may not be right for me to like — find delight in — it. This is not what we find here, however. This is a statement of reality.
We will find nothing worth more than God. Unfortunately, a lot of Christians don’t see this. Since we spend so much time focusing on what we want, we only come to God for what we can get from him. This is the moral equivalent of telling a girl you love her so she’ll sleep with you. It works on some people, but not on God.
God is supremely valuable. He is supremely delightful. Nothing — absolutely nothing! — can compare to his worth.
Isaiah 40:18
We must place our focus on God. Anything else is idolatry. Focus on God himself, and not what we think we can get from him. Seek after him, delight in him, and discover your fulfillment in him, and him alone.