God's Delight

Speaker: Toby Soechting

Scripture: Micah 7:18-19

INTRODUCTION:

1. “Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.” (Micah 7:18)
2. To delight is to find pleasure in something or someone.

DISCUSSION:  GOD FINDS DELIGHT IN --

I. TRUTHFUL TONGUES.

1. “God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all!" (1 Jn. 1:5; Cf. Num. 23:19).
2. “The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life" (Prov. 13:2).
3. The tongue is capable of a world of evil, but also capable of doing immeasurable good!

II. HONEST  HEARTS.

1. “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight!” (Prov. 11:1)
2. Honesty should be more than a policy to a Christian!

III. JESUS.

1. A fact proclaimed from heaven by God Himself (cf. Mt. 3; Mt. 17).
2. Surely His greatest delight was in Jesus’ delight to do the will of God (Jn. 6.38; Lk. 22:42).

IV. THE PRAYERS OF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE.

1. “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayers of the upright is His delight.” (Prov. 15:8)
2. God delights when we approach in a righteous condition or fashion (cf. James 5:16).

V. A PERSON LIVING THE GOOD LIFE.

1. “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord; and He delights in His way.” (Psa. 37:23).
2. Consider the “way” of Cain (Jude 11).  

Conclusion:  Do you delight in God?  Does God delight in you?

God's Delight