“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” (Ps. 37:4)
I have loved Psalm 37:4 since I was just a little girl. When I was a teenager, I began to really consider what it meant. I was struggling with what I thought my heart desired, and what I knew God wanted for me. How could that be different? Didn’t God promise to give me my heart’s desires?
One day, it hit me that this verse didn’t mean that if I would do right God would give me whatever I wanted. Rather, it meant that if I would learn to find my delight in God, I would have my heart’s desires. When you truly love and delight in someone, you have no greater desire than to please them. I realized that if I would delight myself in the Lord, He would give me the desires of my heart, because the greatest desire of my heart would be to please Him. I went home that day and wrote this song.
As I think back about that time in my life, I realize that there was a huge battle going on for who and what would capture my heart. God does not want our money, our time, our “sacrifice”, our service, unless He has our hearts. He knows that if He has our hearts, all those other things will come along. That is why Jesus said that the greatest commandment is, “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.” (Mk. 12:30)
Regretfully, I cannot say I have always loved the Lord as I should, but I can say that I have always found His promise to be true. My Savior has never disappointed me, and there is no greater joy and delight than walking in His will.
I pray that you know Him, and that you know the sweetness of finding your heart’s desires satisfied in Him.
“The Desires of My Heart”
You promised, Lord, that You would give the desires of my heart
If I would delight in You.
So, Lord, I pray, help me stay
Close to You in every way,
Through every day,
Help me to obey.
Grant the desires of my heart,
Help me, Lord, to be,
Pleasing unto Thee
That others may see You in me.
Grant my desires,
Be my one desire,
The desire of my heart.
Lord, You know sometimes it seems that all my dreams have died,
That all my hopes and plans have disappeared.
But help me, Lord, Your peace to feel,
Help me, Lord, to trust You still,
Help me do Your will,
Lord, not my will.
Grant the desires of my heart,
Let me feel Your hand,
Help me understand
That You’ve had a plan from the start.
Grant my desires,
Be my one desire,
The desire of my heart.
Lord, be the desire of my heart.
© Copyright 1993. Niki Lott.
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Love this song! Reminds me of John 15.
Thank you!
You will never know how much I needed to read those words today. Thank you! God bless you for your faithfulness to Him.
Praise the Lord! I appreciate your faithfulness and your friendship!
Hello, thank you for sharing the lyrics! Can I ask for the music sheet or accompaniment of this song? Thank you. God bless you!
Thank you for sharing the lyrics! Can I ask for the music sheet or accompaniment of the song. Thank you and God bless you!
The sheet music is available as a digital download here: https://www.christiancompositions.com/product.php?catID=49&prodID=288. Be sure to select digital for download or physical for printed.
I’m selecting digital, but still ask my shipping address… I’m from the Philippines
That is probably for your payment information. I occasionally get orders from the Philippines, but if yours won’t go through let me know and I can send it to you with a paypal invoice. If you prefer that, just let me know.