He Takes Pleasure In Us

Psalm 149:4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.

What an awesome truth! God, who is perfect, takes pleasure in us, His people. Think about that for a moment. Think about how often we fall short, and fail. Yet, God takes pleasure in us. He takes pleasure in taking care of us, providing for us, protecting us, and putting us thru the process of becoming more like His Son, our Savior, Jesus. All that God does, and allows, in our life, is a pleasure for Him. A pleasure because He uses every opportunity, and every circumstance, to show us He is God, and to show us that He loves us, and is trying to help us grow in our faith, and our walk with Him. He delights in watching us respond properly in those instances when we thank Him, and praise Him, when everyone thinks we should be falling apart. Ultimately, He finds pleasure in giving us the one thing we can never get anywhere else or from anyone else, salvation. However, salvation only comes to the humble. Why? Because it takes humility to admit that we are sinners, and that we need a Savior. It takes humility to bow before God, and not only ask for eternal life, but to also submit, and allow God to not just be Savior, but also Lord. Bottom line is that God took pleasure in providing salvation for us, and takes pleasure in taking care of us, on a daily basis. Will you, today, put your pride aside, and recognize that God is trying to do something in your life that only He can do? Are you ready to give to Him whatever it is you have been struggling with, and recognize that victory will only come from humbly submitting to God in all areas of life? For His delight is that we would trust Him enough to give it all over to Him.