What are you desiring?

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart" ~Psalm 37:4

Do you have a desire(s)? To desire means to long or hope for; to express a wish for per Merriam-Webster.

My next question is, what do you find yourself delighting in? For Merriam-Webster defines delight as a high degree of gratification; extreme satisfaction; something that gives great pleasure... hmm...

Well, I know I have some desires that I have been longing for. So much in fact, that at times I begin to wonder if God has forgotten me; I question why haven't you answered me yet??!! Last night in Bible Study, we were discussing that God is ETERNAL; meaning He always was, is and will be. Our feelings change, but God's stays the same. His love for us stays the same.

But what I have noticed about desires is, a true desire will be constant. It won't change according to how we may feel at the moment. So I say that to say this, we have to be careful of what we desire! Whoa... really, as my brother would say, lol. But yes, REALLY! If we are not careful we will focus on things that we make into small, idol gods. For the Lord our God is a jealous God; He tells us we are to "have no other gods before Him". (see Deuteronomy 5:7, 9) We have to have the desire within ourselves to want Him first. Not if we get what we want. We also have to be careful that we are not just saying we desire Him, just to see if He will give us what we want...for Matthew 4:7 says "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test". This can be scary. In fact it scares me as I write this, as it runs through my mind. So my prayer is, Lord help me to desire you fully. Help my soul to crave you. Help me to long for you. Help me to wake up in the morning eager to spend time with you in your word like when I first started studying and had that excitement in my heart. Help me to delight in you and your promises for me. Lord help me to seek you with all my heart, not just to receive a reward, but just because of who You are! Yes I want you to fulfill the desires of my heart, but I want to be complete in YOU so that when I do receive the reward I will know how to appreciate it and how to handle it. In Jesus name, Amen.

Ladies I hope this helped someone. It surely helps me to write it more than you know. It really does my soul good. Please fill free to comment if you'd like, if not just know I appreciate you stopping by. :)

Blessings,
~Liz~