Good Afternoon Yamon Ki Yesepar:
Psalm 37:4:”Delight thyself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
The word “delight” is very interesting. It comes from the word “aneg” which means to take pleasure in. But is also means to be delicate. This is really a romantic word. The word is in the feminine gender. Gender does not play a significant role in translation but when you have a word like this it is important. I remember before I performed a wedding I met with the couple for a time of pre-marital “counseling.” I had stepped out of my office for a moment and when I returned I happened upon the couple as they shared a tender moment together. They were unaware of my presence for a brief moment, but in that moment I observed “aneg.” The future husband was gently stroking his future wife’s face, he tenderly brush her hair aside, then he placed his hand behind her hand and ever so lightly brushed his lips against hers. I watched the future bride’s face light up with pure joy. That is “aneg.”
This is what the word “delight” means. It is not the intimacy of worship. If it were, David would have said “worship” the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Rather it is just longing, and yearning for that moment when you can be alone with your God who is neither male nor female. To be able to just enjoy His presence and let Him enjoy yours. To let that feminine side of gentleness, and tenderness be expressed. To let him gently stroke your cheek and let Him see your eyes shine with joy before Him and allow His heart to be gladdened over having brought you such joy.
When you enter into such a relationship he will “give you.” The word give is “nathan,” spelled nun, taw, nun. Spelled backward it is nun taw nun. It is spelled the same backward or forward. The sages teach that it is spelled this way to show that giving goes out and comes back. He will give you the desires of your heart and the resulting joy we experience will return the joy He gave right back to Him.
Finally, the word “desire.” The root word is “shel” which means to ask after one’s welfare. I once handled a funeral for a young woman’ mother. The young woman was, of course very saddened and despondent. Then I watched her husband come up to her. He gently stoked her cheek and look into her eyes, she then take his hand with both her hands and lay his hand on her cheek where she wanted him to touch her. He then asked: “What can I do, ask me anything, and if it is within my ability I will do it.” Believe me at that moment I have no doubt that man would have gladly given his own life for his wife if it would have brought a smile to her face. But he didn’t have to do that, the smile came anyways as she told him how much she loved him.
So to, during those moments of delight as the Father reaches out to us and we take His hand and place it where we hurt the most and He gently ask: “What is it, what can I do? I’ve given my life for you, is there more that I can do? Just ask.” That is what it means when David says; “He will give you the desire of your heart.”
Have a wonderful day with the Father, enter into the tenderness and gentleness of His presence and into the intimacy of worship. Bless our precious Father, our present help and guide.
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