Psalm 20:4

Hello again! Hope the "beauty" of the Lord is upon you today! Hope you are having a good day! Shall I continue meditating with you through Psalm 20? It has been so much "fun" for me! I hope you are receiving a BLESSING, too! :)

Psalm 20

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfill all thy counsel.

Yes, may the Lord grant thee thy HEART'S DESIRE! And what is thy heart's desire?


"One thing have I DESIRED of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD all the days of my life, to BEHOLD THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD, and to enquire in his temple." (Ps. 27:4)

In other words, the longing to live in His PRESENCE each day...Ah...this is my DESIRE! And His promise to me is that I shall have this desire of my heart if I DELIGHT myself in Him. Psalm 37:4 says,

"DELIGHT THYSELF also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart!

But..how will the DELIGHT come? Through meditating in His Word!

"Blessed...HAPPY is the man...whose DELIGHT (or happiness) is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he MEDITATE day and night."
(Ps.1:1-2)

Yes, my cry to God is:

"Unless thy law had been my DELIGHTS, I should then have perished in mine affliction." (Ps. 119:92)

Meditating in God's Word in the midst of illness is the only thing that keeps me sane! Ah...can you relate?

I love these words, and they are my prayer along with this prayer diary entry I made in the summer of 1997:

"Remember the WORD unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. This is my COMFORT in my affliction: for thy WORD hath quickened me."(Ps. 119:49-50)

Diary entry based on Deut. 8:2-3:

Surely You have "humbled me" and "suffered me to hunger after YOU. And...You have "fed me with manna"...Yes, Lord, indeed You have made me know that man doth not live by bread only, "but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord." If I have You and Your word, I have EVERYTHING. I do not NEED health, but I do need YOU! You are precious, and Your Word is my DELIGHT! Hold me in Your arms forever. You are all I really need! In Jesus' name, Amen.

Yes, my friend, may the Lord grant thee thy HEART'S DESIRE! "May he keep Your heart HAPPY IN GOD"!* and may He also fulfill all thy counsel!

The word"counsel" can mean "PURPOSE". May He fulfill thy PURPOSE for living! And what is our PURPOSE for living?

*"The chief end of man is to GLORIFY GOD BY ENJOYING HIM FOREVER!"*


*"God is most glorified in us when we are most SATISFIED in Him."*


In meditating on my purpose for living with environmental illness, I wrote in Oct. 1999:

"...the eyes of your understanding being ENLIGHTENED; that ye may KNOW what is the hope of his CALLING..."(Eph. 1:18)

"For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps!" (I Pet. 2:21)

The more I LOOK to You, Lord, the more I will know and understand Your calling on my life. Indeed I do have a CALLING on my life! Even before I was born there was a special CALLING from You to SUFFER TODAY! I was CALLED to FOLLOW IN YOUR STEPS of suffering! Piper says, "God intends for the afflictions of Christ to be PRESENTED to the world through the afflictions of His people...") Indeed I am part of a "chosen generation", and the reason for my suffering is that I "should shew forth (Your) praises" (From I Pet. 2:9) Herein lies my
peace and purpose for living! You have enlightened the eyes of my understanding a little, and someday I shall know all the reasons WHY...this I know-if there were no suffering here below, heaven would not be as glorious as it shall be... and to the degree I suffer here, for me heaven shall be brighter! The more I suffer...the greater my sufferings-the more I long for heaven, my HOME. Amen!

*Quotes by Piper Used with permission.