“Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4

You know, I remember my old dad saying to me: “When you get up in the morning and you don’t feel like going to work - change your job!” Now he was an old blacksmith but he had such wisdom.

Where do you spend most of your life?
That’s right - working! Well, I want to tell you that many, many years ago, the Lord Jesus Christ gave me the desires of my heart. Sitting up in a game reserve in the Northern part of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and watching the wild animals, the Lord gave me a directive to mentor young men and I thought maybe three or four. How mistaken I was, when years and years later I looked out and saw tens of thousands of men. Not people - not women and children but men... Who you don’t often see going to church?

God gave me the desire of my heart, what is the desire of your heart today my dear friend?
“Well, Angus, I would love to be a doctor.” Then study hard and be that doctor for Jesus.
“I would like to be a preacher!” Well, start preaching - start preaching to whatever, get going! I was preaching to the maize crop, remember?

“Delight yourself in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”

I can tell you at 70, I am almost 74 years old, I am living my dream. I am telling you the truth, I don’t know how many men can say that.

If you said to me, “I will give you anything in the world”, I would say, “Just give me what I have got right now: The privilege of being able to tell people about my blessed Lord Jesus Christ, who saved me, delivered me and who gave me the desire of my heart.”

I was sent a few photos just a few minutes ago, by a very dear son of mine, Romie Van Wyk, who organizes the Desert Mighty Men Conferences, right in the middle of Namibia. Those photos and that clip really did something for my heart because God has given me a heart to encourage, to build up and to guide young men. The young men are going to be the leaders - yes, with the young women of course - of the future.

God bless you today as you delight yourself in the Lord Jesus Christ and expect Him to give you the desires of your heart, but remember, you must do it God’s way.

God bless you and goodbye.