Mission Venture Ministries

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37:4-5) 

Every day believers must cling to the Lord for help, for He is our source of sustaining power. Psalm 37:5 tells us what King David wrote, “Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” 

In John 14:13-14, Jesus says, “Very truly I tell you . . . I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it.” 

When Jesus said He would give “whatever you ask in My name,” He was not conveying a supernatural formula for getting whatever we want. He was giving us a guiding principle to align one’s desires with God’s. When we pray “in Jesus’ name,” we pray according to the will of God; we pray for what will honor and glorify Jesus. God will provide the means necessary to accomplish His objectives, and ultimately, God receives all the glory and praise for what is done. 

Many centuries ago, a desperate father brought his son to the Lord Jesus with an appeal for healing. The boy was demon-possessed from childhood and tormented physically and spiritually. The agony was awful. His father had brought him to Jesus’ disciples, and they were unable to do anything. The father then said to Jesus, “But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:22-23). 

The urgent cry of that anxious father was, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). No doubt we often need to plea for such help. The mindset of the believer is important, and it involves commitment to allowing God to do His work in us. 

Remember that our delight should be in the Lord. We should take pleasure in Him, and when we do that, when our desire is for Him, He provides that our desires are met (Psalm 37:4). The closer we get to Him, the more our desires begin to change from our own selfish requests to wanting what He wants for us. 

Therefore, every day in prayer, commit yourself to the Lord. 

• Ask Him and seek His directions for your life, that you may walk in the purposes He has for your life (Matthew 7:7)
• Ask Him to give you wisdom for your plans and decisions (James 1:5).
• Trust Him to provide for your needs in accordance with His will (Philippians 4:19; 1 John 5:14).
• Cast your worries upon Him (1 Peter 5:7).
• Confidently know that Jesus will work on your behalf (Psalm 37:5).
• That He will bring to pass what is good for you according to His purpose (Romans 8:28) and
• Thank the Lord and praise Him for His answers to your prayers (Philippians 4:6). 

Tell other with gratitude and humility, what God has done for you (Psalm 66:16) and pray that your witness will encourage other people to commit their way to the Lord. 

 “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God” (Philippians 1:9-11). 

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