His Delight

I was reading in Jeremiah this morning when I came across this beautiful passage:

“Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the LORD.”

Jeremiah 9:23-24 NKJV

I am always blown away by the character of God especially in comparison to the character of man. The Lord knows our tendency to love wisdom, power, strength and money but He says glory in knowing Me! Can you imagine what the world would look like if we were all aspiring to know God more.  

The verse says that He is exercising Loving Kindness. That word in Hebrew means favor and mercy. The Lord, regardless of our sinful nature, has a nature to love us and to show us favor. He says He is exercising loving kindness, judgement and righteousness, but also that He delights in them! How lucky we are to have a God who in His supreme character has a heart to love us and has a nature is to bring righteousness and justness to this world.

It may be easy at times to misunderstand the heart of God but this passage reveals that He is Just, He is Righteous and He delights in giving us His loving kindness. He desires you to seek Him, to glory in Him. He wants us to know Him and love Him more. Get to know the Lord and you will see that His character is beautiful, it is love and it is so good!