At last I see the LIGHT

It never ceases to amaze me how God speaks to me. I often chuckle as I find myself thanking God for the many creative ways in which He chooses to speak to us. And being a person who thinks outside of the box myself, I truly appreciate its value! I mean a burning bush....hello people! No...I did not have a burning bush in my yard, but it was exciting for me. Earlier today the boys and I were breaking it down to some Pandora Children's Radio. Logan was running in circles and would stop for an occasional head-bang or robot move while Parker was break-dancing to Alvin and the Chipmunks. Then "I See the Light" from Tangled came on and the boys made the smoothest transition to some form of male ballet interpretive dancing. I have NO CLUE, absolutely no clue where they have learned these dance moves, but HYSTERICAL! I opted for the sideline on this song and as I watched them, the Lord spoke very clearly to me through the lyrics:  

And at last I see the light 

And its like the fog has lifted

And at last I see the light 

And its like the sky is new

And its warm and real and bright 

And the world has somehow shifted 

All at once everything looks different 

Now that I see you

I realize that Tangled is a secular movie and the lyricist was writing about two Disney characters. However...like I said, God is creative.  He brought me back to his word. Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourselves in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart." I believe that so often people read this verse, pull it out of context and claim "If I pray for it, I'll get it". And then are heartbroken when they do not make the cheerleading squad or get the job they wanted or get pregnant right away. Here's my teacher plug for Reading 101. As in reading any text, true comprehension only comes in reading the entire text. Here is an example:

Molly Ann came home from school and like always went to the fridge for a snack. She found a note on the fridge. "Molly - I have gone to your Grandmother's house. The cat is not doing well. She is dying. And your grandmother is very upset. Please pick up some dinner and meet us over here at 5:30. It will cheer up your Granny."

But what if Molly Ann got home, saw the note and just skimmed it....what if all she read was "I have gone to your Grandmother's house. She is dying" or perhaps "Molly-... the cat is not doing well. It will cheer up your Granny". I could continue with several examples, but I think you get my point by now. Molly would not get the whole story and true understanding unless she read the entire note....which is the reason her mother wrote the note the way she did, she wanted Molly to have a full understanding of what was going on. So why would God be any different? Why would he breathe his words into an entire bible if he just wanted us to pick apart several parts to read?

So let's go back to Psalm 37. When we read the entire chapter we will see that the Lord is speaking to us through David, telling us to not fret over the evil of the world. To not be jealous, envious, or fearful of those things that are of this world and will die in this world. He tells us to trust in the Lord, find our safety in His pasture and Delight ourselves in the Lord. What a great word....DELIGHT! Dictionary.com defines delight: a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy. So David tells us to find our highest degree of pleasure in the Lord. And when we are finding our greatest pleasures in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. Let's go back to the song for a minute. When I find myself delighted in the Lord, this is how I feel:

And at last I see the light 

And its like the fog has lifted

And at last I see the light 

And its like the sky is new

And its warm and real and bright 

And the world has somehow shifted 

All at once everything looks different 

Now that I see you

When I delight in the Lord I feel like I can see the light...the light being Christ. The fog in my life is sin, doubt, fear, satan. And it is truly, beautifully, wonderful that when I delight in the Lord, the desires of my heart change....as if somehow the world has shifted. And the world looks different to me. I can remember times in my life when my greatest desires were to make it through my next final, make it through a job interview, hope that Jim would agree to the next project I wanted to start, and somehow that money would grow on trees. Today my greatest desire is that God will be glorified in my every action, word spoken, and thought that goes through my head. And that tomorrow I will wake up with the same desire. My desire is that come blessings, tragedy, happy, sad, my greatest desire would continue to be glorifying God through all those moments. Thank you, Jesus, for using a sappy Disney movie to speak to my heart! I pray that God will lift the fog from your life and show you the light. I pray that you will DELIGHT yourself in the Lord and that he will give you the desires of your heart.