Commit Thy Works Unto the Lord

"Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established." Proverbs 16:3

Psalm 37:4 states "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." So many times I see and hear this quoted as people take this to mean that God will always give them whatever they want, when frankly, that is not so. As it says in Proverbs 16:3, if you commit your works to the LORD, if you commit to doing HIS work, for HIS glory, HE shall establish your thoughts. As we seek after God, and as we commit and strive daily to do His work and will, He gives us HIS heart in place of our sin-prone hearts of flesh. Thus, if we compare this to Psalm 37, if we have the heart of the Lord, having committed our works unto Him, then it is absolutely true that the Lord will give us the desires of our hearts, because our heart will be His heart, and our will will be one with His will for us. A person can only truly delight in the Lord when he is one with the Lord, a person dead to self, dead to sin, who is living BY Christ, and FOR Christ as well.

Yes, God will give us the desires of our hearts, but only after our desires are reflective of His desires for us. All things will be given for His glory, not our own.