taking delight - the heart of it all.

Today has been so .. enlightening. I can't help but sigh as I think about all the things that have been revealed and developed.

This weekend was 1:8 Orientation and this summer has been all I have talked about since I got back on Saturday afternoon. It was a wonderful time - I blogged about it earlier - but it just gave me a different light on things.. and I thought that was all I would take from this weekend - info and excitement about summer plans. But I was very wrong. God wasn't done (and never will be). Today at Living Hope, Pastor Jason Pettus spoke about sharing the hope and how our faith is no secret and the verses he used were Acts 1:4-11 (coincidence.. I don't think so..).

the following were all points in the sermon that really got me thinking and evaluating:

The Holy Spirit empowers the followers of Jesus to BELIEVE and DELIGHT in the grace of God.

A lot of people cannot share the gospel because they have forgotten the Gospel and are not delighting in Him.

The believers of Jesus that live in the power of the Spirit can give testimony (be witnesses) of the goodness and grace of Jesus.

People need hope and the believers of Jesus must not hide the hope.

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So. I evaluated what it means to me.. to delight in the Lord, and then how often I do. My answer was very humbling. I knew that He is my Savior, He is my Lord, He is my Strength, He is my Refuge, He is love. But was He in whom I delighted? Did I delight in these characteristics of God?

The answer.. as I said was humbling.

So my new goal. Take delight. Delight in my beautiful Lord who is unfailing, sovereign, exercising providence, actively preserving and actively governing.

And the aftermath of those things that were revealed... an absolutely beautiful day - and the thought in the back of my head.. even if there was 'rain' it would still be a wonderful day that I could take delight in the Lord. How wonderful.