Delight

I warned you that sometimes I wouldn't post hymns. This song, Delight, was written by Timothy Garcia (oh wait, that's me) in 2014. This song flowed from my pen as God was convicting me of not spending enough time delighting in Him.

What I found was that as I delighted in Him, I began to see the world through His eyes. I began to see the eternal value of the people around me. The homeless man sitting on the street corner was not someone to be ignored, but someone to be treated as having infinite worth, because Christ died for him just as surely as He died for me. It amazed me to see the genuine gratitude on a person's face when I stopped for a few minutes and just had a conversation with a homeless person, as if I was the first person all day who had seen him as a person worth talking to rather than a nuisance to be rushed past or an object of pity.

I still struggle to delight in Him. But why? Why is it so difficult to choose to take the time to delight in One so wonderful? I think the reason is because so often I find myself doubting the veracity of what I profess to believe. If I truly believe what I say I believe, then there should be nothing I desire more than to sit at the feet of my Savior and hear Him speak. And yet so often I am a Martha, so busy doing what I think God wants that I ignore what He has told me He wants. (Luke 10). Lord, let Your glory flow and grant me the faith to choose the better part and know that it will not be taken away from me.

Delight

Another day past, another day done,

When did I last delight in the Son?

As I step out of bed, 

Are His words on my tongue?

Is His song in my head, 

Or to whom have I sung?

Refrain

In the midst of my day,

Does His presence surround?

Can I honestly say

I'm aware He's around?

Refrain

As I drive through the town,

Is it Jesus I see

In the poor, beaten down?

Or is it about me?

Refrain

And when I am at home,

Is it His face I seek?

Or do I simply roam

Toward the sin of the week?

Refrain

Lord, let Your glory flow,

Let Your light shine on through,

So that others might know

All the joy that's in You!

Another day gone, another day done,

Lord lead me on to delight in the Son!