Delight

“Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.” (Psalm 119:35)

What brings us delight? Is it the creative work of our God? Is it a majestic view of mountains or the sea or a sunrise or a sunset? Is it the majestic heavens with all the stars and the northern lights? Is it a beautiful garden with blooms of red and yellow and purple? Is it a new baby which is so perfect yet so small? Or do we delight in the work of man? A beautiful painting or a poem or something he has built with his hands?

The Psalmist found delight in the Word of the Lord. Some people delight in the Word because it brings them knowledge or power. Others delight because it gives them insight into life. The Psalmist delighted in the Word of God because it revealed God to him. He knew that if he was to know God he would have to obey the commands of God which were given through His Word. He didn’t study the Word to give him head knowledge but to show him his Creator.

It is a noble thing to want to study the Word of God to know it better but it is a nobler activity to study the Word of God to know the Author better. Paul said that he wanted to know Him and the power of His resurrection. Before he met Jesus on the Damascus road his desire was to know the law but after he met the Lord his desire was to know Him of whom the law revealed.

We should make it our desire to know God’s Word but in knowing the Word we should pray that we will know the Author of the Word.