One of my favorite “promises of God” is found in Psalm 37 where David writes, “Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart” (37:4). The Father of Lights, the Giver of every good and perfect gift from above (James 1:17), will look upon those whose joy is in Him . . . who find an exquisite delight in the Almighty . . . and, in His grace and His good pleasure, will give them that which their heart desires most. We’re not talking about some heavenly blank check (cheque for my Canadian friends) to be spent on whatever . . . instead, for those who delight in God, I’m thinking that their hearts are so tuned to the mind of God, that the desires of their heart cannot be but aligned to the will of God.

And if the promise is true of us, who now “see in a mirror dimly”, how much more is it the case with Son of God. Who delights in the Father more than the Son? What then is His longing . . . what is the desire of His heart?

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me . . . ” John 17:24

Check that out! As Jesus prepares to go to the cross, to be then be raised again the third day, and then to ascend back to heaven . . . as He prepares His disciples for life without His physical presence . . . and He thinks of those who will believe in Him through the disciples preaching . . . this One, whose delight is do the Father’s will, articulates the desires of His heart to His Father, “Oh, how I want those You have given me, Father, to be with me . . . face to face . . . beholding My glory . . . for their blessing, for sure . . . but also to satisfy the longing of My heart.”

How much does Jesus love us! Way much! So much! He died for us . . . bought us with His blood . . . we are His prized possessions . . . given to Him by the Father Himself. He has determined to intricately and eternally associate Himself with us . . . we are the body of which He is the head . . . we are the bride entered into eternal bliss, literally, with the Bridegroom. He’s gone to prepare a place of us (John 14:3). Why? ‘Cause He wants us there with Him. How much does He love us . . . so much that He wants to be with us . . . literally . . . “physically” in heavenly bodies. He longs for that time when we will be together. That’s the desire of His heart . . . that’s what He wants . . . that’s what will make Him happy. How unreal is that?

He wants us to behold His glory . . . and I think it’s not just so He’s at the center — which He will be and should be . . . but because, in beholding His glory, will be the greatest pleasure and blessing we will ever know. We experience something of His glory now and it fills us with inexpressible joy . . . what will it be to behold His glory up close and personal? Moses looked on God’s back from the rock and it changed His countenance (Exodus 33:6-9, 29) . . . put a “heavenly glow” on His face . . . what’s gonna happen to our faces when we’re in His very presence . . . won’t be enough SPF to keep the shine down . . . won’t want it . . . won’t need it!

He desires that we join the myriads before the throne of God and gaze upon the Lamb in the midst. He desires we experience first hand what it is to worship with heavenly, intimate worship. He desires that our senses be maxed out as we behold His splendor and hear the thunder of heaven roll forth with praise from thousands upon thousands of angelic beings and redeemed souls. Oh, I know it’s what I want . . . but to think that this is what Jesus wants too . . . amazing!

Jesus delights Himself in the Father, and the Father shall give Him the desires of His heart.

Oh, thank You Father that those desires are directed toward me. I too, delight in You my God . . . and the desire of my heart is to be with Him . . . to behold His glory . . . to declare His praise.

Sounds like a “match made in heaven” . . . amen?