God's Delights

Jeremiah 9:24 KJV

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

What believer would not cherish knowing what it is that is God's delight? As He is our standard, then knowing and understanding those things that bring delight to God are basic to that which we would want to know about Him. Notice that these are not those things God delights in our doing but those things He delights to do.

Lovingkindness

This is more than an attitude of God but an exercise of God. He is actively loving.

Judgment

It is the delight of the Lord to give His judicial decree. When we first hear this we might see it as His pronouncing condemnation but when we realize through the New Testament that God justifies the sinner who places faith in Christ we realize that God's delight is finding the sinner innocent.

Righteousness

God is altogether righteous. He delights in exercising Himself in the cause of purifying for Himself a people zealous of good works.

To know God is to understand these fundamental attributes of Him.