May You Delight in Me

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord.” — Psalms 19:14

In my last few posts, God has been teaching me what it really means to live for Him — learning to trust Him, learning to obey Him, and learning to let Him lead even when I already have my own plans.

Have you ever wanted to just do your own thing? Not really aligning with God. Already knowing deep down it probably isn’t the right move.

But you start planning it anyway. You map everything out. You convince yourself it will work.

And somewhere at the end of all your planning you say to yourself: “God’s grace is sufficient and His mercies endure forever.”

Almost like preparing the apology before the action.

If we’re being honest, sometimes we know something won’t please God… but stubbornness will not let us see road.

That was me recently.

The plan I had been wrestling with was something I had been considering privately for some time. From a human perspective, it made perfect sense, but deep down, I knew I needed to pause and ask whether it was truly aligned with God.

When God Starts Sending Warnings

Before the meeting I am about to talk about even happened, something significant had already taken place that made me pause for a moment and think:

God… is this my warning?

The thought crossed my mind, but I brushed it aside and kept moving.

Not long after that, I found myself in a meeting where we were discussing something completely unrelated to what I had been planning.

Then suddenly someone in that meeting shifted the conversation and began speaking about the exact plans I had been wrestling with privately.

From nowhere. The topic went directly into the very thing I had been planning.

And I remember thinking: Ah… coincidence. I brushed it off and told myself to continue with my plans. But deep down I knew. That message had been for me.

And I ignored it.

When God Refuses to Leave You Alone

But you see this God…He loves me so much. More than I deserve.

As I continued with my planning, something unexpected happened. Out of nowhere I received a message from someone who I rarely speak to and had not spoken to in a very long while.

The message simply said: find time for us to talk this week please.

It came quite late at night. I even considered leaving it until the next day, but I replied briefly before going to bed. By the time I woke up the next morning, they had responded and set a time for us to speak.

During that conversation, they said something that made me pause and think. Without knowing anything about what I had been wrestling with privately, they challenged me to consider whether the plans I was making would truly honour God.

I was stunned. Because the exact thing they were warning me about was the very thing I had been planning as a planner general in charge. And then they asked me a question that went straight to my heart: “Do you want man to reward you, or God to reward you?”

At that point I remembered something.

The Moment Everything Came Back

Earlier this year, during a New Year message by Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, I wrote down what he shared as the keys for 2026.

I noted them in my journal and simply told myself to keep that journal on my work desk so it would serve as a reminder of what God expects from me.

I didn’t start praying over them or doing anything elaborate. I just kept the journal where I could see it, as a quiet reminder of the life God was calling me to live.

When I opened that journal again and read those words, it became very clear.

The plan I had been holding onto was going against those very things I had written down.

So in that moment I had to stop and say: Okay God… over to You. Let’s do it Your way. But You will have to lead this one, because I cannot.

A Reminder Through Worship

The next day I was at the gym listening to Todd Galberth singing Let Praises Rise.

And suddenly the lyrics felt alive in a way I hadn’t noticed before ( I have listened to this song so many times). I found myself singing along:

May You delight in the inside
In the inside of me
Come fill my life from the inside
From the inside of me

All I want is for You to be glorified
For You to be lifted high.

Standing there, it hit me again. This walk with God is not about doing things my way and asking Him to bless it afterwards. It’s about living in a way where He can truly delight in what is happening inside my heart.

What God Cares About Most

Sometimes the real battle isn’t about what we do publicly.

It’s about what is happening quietly inside our hearts.

Scripture reminds us: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” — Book of Proverbs 3:5

And also:

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalms 51:10

God isn’t just interested in outward obedience.

He cares about the condition of our hearts, because everything flows from there. And the more I walk with Him, the more I realise something:

Living for God isn’t just about avoiding the wrong things. It’s about shaping your life in a way that pleases the One you are living for.

Closing Thought

Sometimes obedience looks like stopping yourself from carrying out the plan you had already decided on.

Not because someone forced you, but because you want your life to please God.

This moment reminded me again of something God has been teaching me in this season: To truly live for an audience of One.

My way may feel easier in the moment, but God’s way will always lead somewhere better.

And if the desire of my heart is truly this: May You delight in the inside of me…

Then I have to be willing to lay my plans down and let Him lead.

Closing Prayer

Father, thank You for loving me enough to guide me when I start drifting toward my own plans.

Thank You for the different ways You speak — through people, through Your Word, and through moments of worship that bring clarity.

Help me remain sensitive to Your voice.

Create in me a heart that desires to please You more than it desires its own way.

Teach me to live in a way that honours You, even in the quiet decisions no one else sees.

May my life bring You glory not only in what people see, but in what is happening inside my heart.

May You truly delight in me.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.