Delight in the Lord

I have been really pondering this concept and command of delighting in the Lord. What does it mean to delight in the Lord?

Psalm 34:4-6
4 Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light...

What a great passage. Nothing but good things come out of delighting in the Lord. What happens when you delight in something? Maybe you delight in sports. You love to know the latest scores and stats. When the TV is on it is tuned to ESPN. When you delight in sports you can quickly become infused with the whole experience of the sport you are a fan of. You constantly think about it. When your team is doing great you have a big smile on your face and you tell all your buddies about it.

I think this is a good picture of what delighting in the Lord should look like. It is when God is all you can think about. When you are reading or hearing the word you can't help but be totally tuned in. You are constantly pondering who God is and what He has done and is doing. And because of all of that everyone around you knows whose team are for: God's team.

What do delight in more than God? That's a challenging question. There will always be things competing for your allegiance. The challenge is not to let them steal our delight in God. He has so many blessing for those who delight in Him and He cannot wait to delight in us.