Delight Greatly in God's Commandments

Psa 112:1  Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

Delights greatly in God's commandments.

DELIGHTS,  but not simply delights, DELIGHTS GREATLY. 

What are a few things you delight greatly in?  Stop and consider for a moment some of the things that delight you greatly. You know what it means to be delighted greatly. 

What are some of the things that please you immensely? What are some of the things that you favor a lot?  What kind of things do you exceedingly desire?

Is there a person that pleases you like that? Someone you delight in? Is there a televison show you enjoy tremendously and look forward to watching? Perhaps there's a special meal you absolutely crave and when you get it you delight in that meal- the satisfying taste it gives to you.  Maybe there's a special activity you desire and when you undertake it you feel a sense of happiness. 

The point is, you know what it means to delight greatly in something- you know that special feeling.  Now you have to ask yourself if you feel that sort of special feeling for God's commandments.  Do you?

Are we too caught up in the strictures of the commandments, are we immersed in the gravity of God's commands so that we can't find anything in them to delight in?

Can you delight in having  a God and no other God but that God?

Can you delight in not making any graven images to bow down to?

Can you delight in not speaking of God's name in vain?

Can you delight in the Sabbath of the Lord?

Can you delight in honoring your mother and father?

Can you delight in not murdering anyone?

Can you delight in not committing adultery with anyone?

Can you delight in not stealing anything?

Can you delight in not lying about anyone?

Can you delight in not coveting the things of others?

Can you delight in loving God and loving your fellow man?

We are told this quite plainly- 

Psa 112:1  Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

We are blessed when we fear the LORD and when we delight greatly in his commandments.

We need to delight in the LORD's commandments comprehending that they are given to us out of love.

We have a God who  cares so much about us that He wants us to learn love and we learn love when we seek God who is love. We are told if we love God we keep His commandments.  We comprehend the love in the commandments and delight to keep them because we know we love God and truly desire to God's will as we keep His commandments.

We may be tempted to break the commandments, but temptation is not sin until it is conceived in us, until it is indulged mentally, emotionally, physically. We can delight in knowing that the commandments of God protect us, guiding us to keep as close to God as we possibly can. 

By the grace of God may we learn to delight in His commandments.

All in His love!