An Inferred Command?
All that said, what if we did say that this passage at least implies that delighting in God is a command. Perhaps we can call it an “inferred command”. For the moment, let us consider that. What does delighting in God mean as an “inferred command”? The root word for “delight” in this instance means “to be pliable and soft, ladylike, delicate, and delighted”. In context it can just as easily mean we should be pliable and moldable as clay is in the hands of God; ladylike in being subject to Him and taking our orders from Him; delicate and self effacing allowing Him to control and lead us; and allowing His control to be more favorable to us than would be our own attempts at control. To argue from this passage that it is a full fledged command for us to pursue our own emotionally gratifying pleasures in God is a mighty stretch that brings valid Bible interpretation to a dangerous tearing point.
