The King Who Delights in Us

Proverbs 8:12-31;
Psalm 38:1-21



"Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name."
(Malachi 3:16)

If you keep a journal to make a record of the Lord's dealings with you, think of it as a "scroll of remembrance" for the King who delights to have your thoughts about Him recorded. The Lord was so delighted with David's thoughts about Him that He incorporated what we could call David's journal - the Psalms - in the Scriptures. It is mind-blowing to think that God used David's intimate record of his experiences and enjoyment of God in His holy Word.

What encourages me particularly is that the King delights not only in David's great thoughts about Him, but also in David's frank record of his failings. The Lord even calls him "a man after his own heart." If we remember this delight of the King that is for us, too, we will be like Peter, leaping out of the boat to meet the resurrected Jesus, instead of like Judas, who hugged his sin to himself, and moved away from Jesus.

He is saying to you and to me at this very moment: "Behold, thou art fair, my love: behold thou art fair" (Song of Solomon 4:1, KJV).
The only significance we can ever need is rooted in the fact that the King delights in us.