“Delight thyself in the Lord” (Ps. xxxvii. 4).
Daniel’s heart was filled with God’s love for His work and kingdom and his
prayers were the mightiest forces of his time, through which God gave to
him the restoration of Israel to their own land, and the acknowledgment by
the rulers of the world of the God of whom he testified and for whom he
lived.
There is a beautiful promise in the thirty-seventh Psalm, “Delight thyself
in the Lord, and He will give thee the desires of thine heart,” which it
is, perhaps, legitimate to translate, that not only does it mean the
fulfilment of our desires, but even the inspiration of our desires, the
inbreathing of His thoughts into us, so that our prayers shall be in
accord with His will and so shall bring back to us the unfailing answer of
His mighty providence.
Teach me Thy thoughts, O God!
Think Thou, Thyself, in me,
Then shall I only always think
Thine own thoughts after Thee.
Teach me Thy thoughts, O God!
Show me Thy plan divine:
Save me from all my plans and works,
And lead me into Thine.