Many of us have read Psalm 37:4, “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.” Does that mean that if I really want a Ferrari, if I delight in the Lord, I will get one? I think Paul gives us some insight into that question in Philippians 2:12-13 where he writes, “Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.”
I think that when we “delight in the Lord,” or Paul’s words, “obey God with deep reverence and fear,” God makes us want the things that please him. Only you can know what these things may be, for you. They could be seeing the world, meeting someone in particular, starting a business, writing a book, or being a missionary, or volunteering at the soup kitchen. God has a plan for each of us.
When we remember to, as Jesus said, “seek first the kingdom of God,” and keep his will as our primary objective, what we want and what he wants tend to come together.
Dear Lord, many things about our lives are mysterious and unknown, you made it that way for your reasons. Help us remember that we don’t need to figure it all out, we just need to focus on you and surrender to your will, then move forward with our lives. You will give us the desire and power to do what pleases you. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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Many discussions about Gods grace, inevitably come down to his descisions about your “worldly gift list”
In Ephesians 3:20; God says this,..” In me you have everything. As your yearning for me increases,other desires are gradually lessening.
2 Corinthians 4:18 ( amp)”it is impossible for you to have a need ,that I cannot meet. Things that are visible are brief and fleeting, while things that are invisible are invisible and everlasting….
Do I want a Ferrari, sure! Yet the closer I ge to the Lord the more content I am to be in his good graces first. I run daily and talk to God most of the time. This kinship is epic. I look forward to it nightly. If it is his decision that God provides me with such a vehicle,so be it. In the mean time, God has blessed me with incredible strength and endurance and a closeness to him that’s the ultimate. I like to say : ” I don’t have a vette….I am one. ” I think God can chuckle with me on this one.
Very well put!