Your Heart's Desires

Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.
-Psalm 37:4

I was on my way home from work the other day, and I was praying for my husband and for his desires to be fulfilled and for him to be truly happy in all that he does. I started thinking about how much I want his happiness more than anything and how happy it makes ME to see HIM happy!

Then it dawned on me that this is the way God feels about US! If God loves us so much more than even I could ever love my husband, then how much more does he want us, His children, to be happy? He WANTS our desires to come to pass. He WANTS us to be happy and fulfilled!

Sometimes we get caught up in the things we have to DO for God, like the more we do the better Christians we are, when really that is not the case. Living for Him isn't about a list of "to-dos", it's about having a relationship with Him, and then out of that everything will flow! As our relationship with Him deepens, our words, our actions, our behaviors will reflect the love of God. All He wants us to do is to know Him and to DELIGHT(take pleasure/find satisfaction) in Him!

The more we know Him, follow His ways, and understand and live out His will, the more joyful and satisfied we will be, and that is how God intended it! When we DELIGHT in Him, we will want to obey and live for Him. And that is when true blessing comes. That is when our heart's desires will come to pass because they will line up with what God wants for our lives.

God wants our dreams and desires to come to pass, but only those things that line up with His will. If we are only seeking our own selfish pleasure and satisfaction at the neglect of others or our relationship with Christ, we will find ourselves unhappy. Only in living for God and pursuing HIS will, will we find true joy and contentment!