Your servants who delight to revere Your name

In yesterday's post, I mentioned the movie Evan Almighty. I won't spoil it for you completely, but my absolute favorite scene in the movie is at the end when God is rejoicing with Evan over his obedience (come on, not really a spoiler -- you know this is going to have a happy ending). And when I watch this scene, I can only think of the word "delighted".

Great sermon topic for the future, methinks, this idea of God being delighted by what we do and who we are. A quick concordance shows slightly over 100 verses containing the word. And this idea of a God who is always watching what we do can be seen as something ominous and Big Brother-y and scary, or it could be seen as a God who, like a parent, is always making sure His child is safe and happy, and waiting for those special moments like that first step or that college graduation or that wedding day when because your eyes are sparkling, His eyes are sparkling, and there is such a great delight in Him for what you have done and what you have become that His joy is everything you've ever wanted.