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Desiring God

 


Delight yourself in the Lord,

and He will give you the desires of your heart.


Each moment, each day,

move into this heart

that desires everything besides You.

Yet You are patient

and relentless in Your pursuit of me.


Help me see that all I wait on

pales in comparison to You.

No companion is like You—

steady, steadfast, and faithful.


They leave at the sight of storms

and the pleasures of life.

All approvals are so fleeting.


But help me see

You have etched me

in the palm of Your hands

for eternity.


Yield my soul to this love—

faithful even when I am not.

Unchanging and eternal is His love,

even when my heart wanders

to lesser loves that empty me

and leave me wasted.


Even all the riches

have nothing on You—

here today and gone tomorrow.


You, Heaven’s King,

emptied Yourself on the cross for me,

knowing fully well

my wavering and wandering ways.


Oh, what love is this—so amazing—

that You took my place

for transgressing against a King

so holy, so mighty,

yet tender toward the weak like me.


May the wonder of the cross

and the power of the resurrection

forever bind my heart to You.


To know this love,

to realize You rush into my heart—

slowly but surely—

displacing all other idols,

that You would be enthroned in my heart,

and there will be no other.


Your love would lead me

to delight in You alone—

to gaze upon, to behold

Your eyes that burn

with fiery passion for me.


You call: “Come, dine with Me

and feast on Me.”

You desire to commune with me

until we are one for eternity


May my heart surrender

and respond to Your great

and tender love.


You and You alone

are worthy of my heart—

my Jesus,

my delight,

and my desire.





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