Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

This is the key to obedience of faith.

We desire what delights us.

Psalm 17:15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.

Knowing His will for us is discovered in righteous behavior. When we desire something besides Him, the Holy Spirit works at turning our faces back to look for our Lord.

We don’t have to sin to lose focus. Repentance is for committed sins. Loss of focus is allowing our attention to be distracted by seeing the world.

2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Turn our heads towards a distraction and without even realizing it our course has changed.

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Keep looking at a thing and before you realize it you will scheme to have it.

When I am driving my wife will often comment on things she sees. I don’t see those things, my focus is on my responsibilities.

Here is another little secret about Psalm 37:4.

Ezekiel 36:26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.

Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

If you want to know God’s will for you, give Him your heart.