Psalm 40:7, 8 are prophetic Scriptures speaking of the Son of God's submission to the will of His Father: "Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me, I DELIGHT to do thy will." Jesus delighted to do the will of His Father, even though He had to endure the supreme sacrifice for our sins.
Philippians 2:5-8 exhorts us to have the SAME ATTITUDE that Jesus had when He went to the cross. This is always such a challenge to me. What is my attitude like? Do I delight to please the Father? How is it that I can find it hard to submit in some little area when Jesus was willing to submit to death?
This gets to the nitty gritty of our daily life, too. Has God blessed you with children? Then this is the Father's ultimate will for you, to nurture and train the children He has given to you. He doesn't give you children to give to someone else to care for. He gives them to you. Are you delighting to do the Father's will in your home? Are you delighting in your mothering?
God delights in each one of your children. Are you delighting in them, too?
Jesus Christ, who DELIGHTS to do the Father's will, lives in you. Let's learn to yield more and more to the life of Christ within us. Let's DELIGHT in every task we have to face, the easy ones and the difficult ones. The enjoyable ones and the yucky ones. God wants us to delight in every one of them.
Can you make it your aim today to delight in EVERY TASK YOU FACE, no matter what it is.
Have a DELIGHTFUL day.
Blessings from Nancy Campbell