There are certain people that you know exactly “what is pleasing” to them. For some it’s fresh flowers. Others like the solitude of holding a fishing pole on a quiet lake. For many it’s a trip through the Starbucks drive-thru. But what is it that is a “delight” to God? Or, as the Hebrew word is defined, what “is pleasing” to God?
Perhaps multiple answers could be given, but focus on Proverbs 15:8 – “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.”
Think about that. God finds “delight” in “the prayer of the upright.” As a child of God, when you pray, God does not find your words, your petitions, your heartache to be a burden or an annoyance. Instead, listening to you, sympathizing with you and responding to you is “His delight.” Remember that every time you pray, and may you “trust” Him and “delight yourself in the Lord” (Psa. 37:3-4) every time you get to take your cares, requests and thanksgivings to Him!