You Are God's Delight

“His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great pleasure.” – Eph. 1.5

If you have ever wondered what drives and motivates God to pour out grace on this world and in your life, the answer is found in these beautiful words above.

It brings him pleasure. He delights in you.

Think about this: God’s fundamental posture towards you is delight and pleasure.

In the interior of my mind growing up I would often times imagine a God who was forgiving, and gracious, and brought me near through Christ. But this God of my thoughts would only do these things begrudgingly.

I imagined God saying to me, with eyes rolling and a deep sigh, “Okay fine, I’ll forgive you again, I’m God so I have to, but I don’t have to like it.”

While that might be the picture I have projected onto God, it isn’t the picture we have painted of God in the scriptures. Rather, this is the God who takes pleasure and delight in us. God can’t wait to give us more good things. This is the God who, like it says in Zephaniah 3.17, “rejoices over us with singing”.

You bring a song to God’s lips.

The truth is, you are not a burden to God. God knew exactly what God was getting into when you were called near through Jesus. God knew your failures already and the broken promises you’d make. God knew the moments your passion would outrun your discipline. God knew the idols you would fight to hold onto. God already knew about the many mornings you promised you would get up early to spend time with God only to sleep way in (that snooze button is a curse isn’t it). God knew the three times you would deny God in your own ways… and still, God couldn’t wait to bring you near.

Because God’s pleasure in you isn’t rooted in anything you can give. It is rooted in everything God can give.

You are God’s delight.
You are God’s delight.
You are God’s delight.

And that isn’t going to change anytime soon.



"Father, when I consider the expanse of space, the heights of mountains, the way in which just one of your thoughts can blanket an entire region in snow, who am I, a mere human, that you would even give me a thought. Yet, you take delight in me. I am your masterpiece, intimately made, and intimately known. Give me the grace today to trust and rest in the reality that I cannot earn your delight, I can only receive it. Amen."



As you go about your day today take notice of what brings you delight. When you notice delight over a conversation, a song you hear, a piece of art you notice, a project you finish, a meal you have, etc… simply use it as a moment to tell God “Thank you” for the delight God takes in you.