Daily Devotional – ‘In His Footstep’
By Kingdom Support Initiatives (KSi)
September 18th 2023

Can God delight in you?

The Lord answered, who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. Luke 12:42-43 (NIV)

Bible Reading: Matthew 21:28-32

Today, I invite us to ponder on these questions: Can God delight in you? why does God need to delight in you? What will make God delight in you? To delight in a person or in something is to take great pleasure in them. Delight gives a sense of joy, happiness, and fondness. By implication to be delighted in something or to be delighted is associated with something positive directly or indirectly. For instance, as a lecturer, I like all my students, however, I take delight in students that are disciplined, and resilient. I love it when my students are creative, innovative, and diligent in class readings, discussions, assignments, and life application of whatever we discuss in class. Also, raised by parents that reprimand and reward, I know what it means to be delighted in somebody or something. It is a product of obedience, diligence, and discipline. If earthly teachers and parents can delight in their students and children, how much more of God who is our heavenly Father?

God wants to take delight in His children. Firstly, God loves when His children abide in Him, love and obey Him (John 14:15; 15). Then His children can live a righteous and godly life; a life that show forth Christ, no wonder Apostle Paul declared boldly “for to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Fathers of faith like Abraham, David, the prophets, Daniel, and the Apostles among others understood what it meant for God to be delighted in someone. They lived for God; took absolute delight in God (Psalm 37:4), and then God was delighted in them. God spoke highly of Job as a faithful, and righteous man. Despite the storms of life that befell Job, he stood for God. Dear friends, God is calling our attention to another truth God truly wants to find in His children. He wants us to love Him, and live for Him. At KSi, we encourage you to consider these questions again: can God depend on you? Can God delight in you? May God’s word grow to produce fruits of righteousness in multiple folds in Jesus name.

Self-Reflection: For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. Psalm 149:4

Daily Confession: Lord may You be delighted in me.

Intercessory prayer: May God delights in my children. May they live for you in Jesus name, amen.

Hymn: Take my life and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.

Take my moments and my days,

Let them flow in endless praise.