How To Get a High

Most of us have our ups and downs from day to day. Of course, we prefer the up days. They come to an end leaving us more energy, a better outlook and positive anticipation toward the next day. When our day is going well we also enjoy better relationships with the people around us and they find us more desirable to be around.

As I was doing a study on the biblical word "delight", I discovered a key to having more of those up days and increasing the quality of relationships. I simply did a search on the word delight and found 551 occurrences in the Bible. A few had to do with consequences of delighting in undesirable things, but most referred to delighting in the Lord, his Word and in other good things. One verse contained a principle that jumped out at me. Isaiah 58:14 says, "Then you shall delight in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will nourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken." Delighting in someone does cause that person to respond positively toward you.

Have you noticed that when you express delight in a family member, friend or other acquaintance that their response is conditioned. Seldom is there a negative reaction. What a great way to build a relationship. Look for something in every person that enables you to delight in them. It will give you and them a real high with none of the bad effects of getting a high some other way. The greatest high of all comes when we delight first in the Lord.