I am God’s delight. He’s led me through
Valleys not because He loves me less.
I am God’s delight. He’s led me through
Alleys not because He cares any less.
Yes I’ve been down and sad, poor and hungry
And lonely but it doesn’t change the truth:
I was, I am, I will remain my Abba’s delight.
Despite the means, God’s goal stands sure
His love shines through for I am His delight:
My life – guarded, feet – ordered, God is leading
Me through it all, God is leading me to the peak.
Despite the means, I won’t give up ‘cause He won’t.
Despite the means, I stand secured in His love.
Whatever comes, stays or goes, I stand assured
Of His grace in me ‘cause I am the delight of Abba
And my Abba is my delight.

Food For Thought: A friend sent me a note, “Have you ever been so down you lost your faith because that’s where I am at right now. I have exercised my faith for so long and nothing seems to change. Instead it grows worse and I am so tired I don’t want to faith no more.” I guess we can all recall different points in times in our lives when we were so down and sad it felt like believing was useless. I have been there countless times and I have learned it is part of life; it goes high and it goes low. One thing that has sustained me through it all, even when I was too tired to believe is a truth I learned long ago: if I choose no longer to believe, how does it make my situation any better? And if I choose to continue believing, what do I stand to lose? For both cases the answer is not far from the other and that has helped me when it seemed faith has failed, to keep believing because unbelief won’t work the change that faith couldn’t. If anything, it will only make hope more elusive and the situation worse. We lose more to unbelief than we lose, if ever, to believing.

Scripture: And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” Luke 3: 22.

Prayer: Dear Lord, the cry of my heart is to hear You say each day to me, “You are My beloved, in whom I am well pleased,” may it be so in my life, amen.