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My Delight Is In Her


"Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (Isaiah 62:4).” Reading this scripture I felt overwhelmed with joy over the thought of just how much God loves us. The word Hephzibah in that scripture means "my delight is in her." Put your name in place of her. My delight is in __________! How awesome is it to know that God’s delight (joy or extreme satisfaction) is in you. God takes great joy in you. When he looks at you, He says you
bring Him great pleasure. Yes its cool to have material things, it's great to have the boyfriend or the family and friends to affirm us but it's even better to know that God affirms us. Not only that, but the thought of you brings Him so much joy that He thought you were worth Him sending His only Son to die on the cross.

The Bible says, “And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is (Ephesians 3:18).” I believe we will begin to understand just how much God loves us and just how much we mean to Him when begin to walk in the purpose He has ordained for us. Because of what God thinks about us we’re not walking around sad and depressed about obstacles and trials in our lives. We’re not full of anxiety because we don’t know what our future holds, but we’re full of confidence knowing that God holds our future in the palm of His hands. We’re not trying desperately to get people to like us because we know how God feels about us. Think about it, when you got that brand new car you didn't hardly want anyone to touch anything in your car. You just wanted them to sit still. Why did you act this way? Because it was your new car and you took great pleasure in having it. You wanted to take care of it. If we know how to take great delight in something and take car of it what makes you think God won't take care of you. Once again God's delight is in you! He's going to take care of everything that concerns you big or small. I challenge you today to remember who's you are and how much joy you bring Him even in spite of who you are and what you may do. Remember God takes great delight in you. That ought to be worth something.

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