Desires of the Heart

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart, Psalm 37:4, NIV

I sometimes wonder what God has planned for me in the next step of my life. I say this with excitement and anticipation. Although I am often heavy laden with the work at hand, I believe God blesses each of us more abundantly in the things that make our hearts sing.

It's not that He withholds blessings from His children. But if we truly delight ourselves in the Lord, we more easily hear and follow Him. God wants to give us the desires of our heart and when we have an intimate relationship with Him our hearts are exactly where He wants them to be.

The human side of me – that which Satan loves to tamper with – tries to convince me that the direction I’m walking is purely of my desires. But, that isn't true.

When I know God has led me to a certain place or His intervention has taken me away from the tangible, fruits of my labor for Him, I’m to respond obediently. I can’t let myself become so regimented to schedules and deadlines that I cannot recognize the times when God steps in.

It may be ministering to a friend or family member going through a rough time. It may come in the form of taking time to enjoy my grandchildren. It may even involve some alone time with my husband. Regardless of what it is, I know that God orchestrates my life. All I’m responsible for is joining my Father in His work. True, we can use these things as diversions. However, if we are close to God and meet Him daily, we can usually sense in our spirit what we’re to do.

These interruptions truly bring us to the next step on our spiritual journey. I think that is what faith is. We take a step but it isn't linear ... it's a vertical step and from this higher vantage point we gain new perspective. We are able to see above our circumstances and glimpse the Creator of the universe being creative in our lives. Every step of obedience, regardless of how small, brings us to a higher place where we will find the desires of our heart.

Blessings, Francine

6 comments:

    On 11:29 AM Unknown said...

    Ah, blessed obedience...the hardest thing for a hard heart to understand, but as God faithfully works to soften our hearts, and arranges our desires, it's the easiest thing to follow. Balance isn't possible without a deep working of the Holy Spirit. His help makes doing what's right and knowing what's right as natural as breathing. Beautiful word, Friend.

     
    On 7:04 PM Vicki said...

    Glad to find you via Lindville Cafe. Beautiful blog.

     

    Cami ... you are so right and so many just don't "get it." God will rearrange our desires and plant them within our hearts.

    Vicki ... welcome to my blog. And thank you so very much for commenting.

     

    hello,
    saw your comment at CW.com and stopped to say hello. I am having to THINK about what you said here. I hope that is good.

     

    David ... glad you stopped by. And here's the thing about blogs and "stuff" -- if it makes readers think, then I'm happy.

     
    On 6:54 AM Keith Wallis said...

    Just dropped in on a spare moment and glad I did. Thanks for your words.

     
 
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