Delight yourself in the Lord!',

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"Delight yourself in the Lord!"Psalm 37:4

As the Lord delights in us—so we ought to delight ourselves in Him. In order to do this, we must receive correct views of His loveliness into our minds. 

We must meditate on His glorious perfections, as they are revealed to us in Jesus. 

We must realize our saving interest in His love, and perfect salvation. 

We must turn from every other object to contemplate His beauty, His benevolence, and constant love to us. 

We should look to Him—as the fountain of all good. 
We should hope in Him—as the promise-performing God. 
We should wait on Him—as our bountiful benefactor. 
We should trust in Him—as our Father and Friend. 
We should delight in Him—as our portion and everlasting all.

Let us endeavour to take off our affections more and more from things below—and fix them upon the Lord. 

How few delight in God! If we read of Him, think of Him, call on Him, believe in Him, hope in Him, and feel a little love to Him—we think it enough. But it is not. We should delight ourselves in the Lord.

We should delight in His love—which is set upon us. 
We should delight in His vast resources—which are open to supply us. 
We should delight in His truth—which secures us. 
We should delight in His holiness—which is His beauty. 
We should delight in His grace—which deals so bountifully with us.

"Delight yourself in the Lord!"