“The Lord takes delight
in His people.”
–Psalm 149:4
Let those
words sink in: “The Lord takes delight in His people.” The Lord takes delight
in YOU!
You know
what He’s delighted with? All the goodness in your heart. He delights in your
good intentions and aspirations. He delights in your hard work, how you care
for your family and reach out to your friends. He delights in your humble works
of service and your random acts of kindness. He delights in how you want to
love Him and others a little better each day. Maybe you’ve had a conversion of
heart and have abandoned your old, hurtful ways of doing things. God delights
in your steps toward Him!
He created
you and He knows all about you. He knows how much you want to follow Him and
how hard you are on yourself when your efforts fall short. He knows your history,
both the good and the bad, and He loves you with all of it. Are you spending
time and energy ruminating about past sins? If you’ve already asked God to
forgive you, why are you still hanging onto them? He doesn’t think about them
anymore.
“As far as the east is from the west,
so far has He removed our
transgressions from us.” –Psalm 103:12
God wants
you to recognize your own goodness! When you see that you’re good, you’ll want
Him to fill you with more of His love so that you can love Him and others even more.
Satan, on the other hand, wants you to focus only on your sins. If you believe
his lie that you’re bad, you’ll mistakenly think that you’re unworthy of
God’s love and incapable of loving others, and that God doesn’t want you near
Him. Don’t listen to those lies! Don’t let Satan drag you down. Resolve
every day to love God and to shower yourself and the people around you with the
love He puts in your heart. Remind yourself every day that He has promised you eternal
life!
God loves
you and delights in you! There is no limit to His love and forgiveness. Christ
said it and He proves it when He makes Himself present to us in the sacraments
of Reconciliation and Eucharist. Let all these thoughts fill you with joy, and
then take this joy with you as you show the world God’s boundless love.
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is
good; His love endures forever.” --Psalm 107:1
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