The Desires of Your Heart

I hear so many Christians use this verse when they want something, but I believe we’re interpreting it wrong.  We say things like, “God knows I desire to… get married and have kids, or to buy this house, or to work for this company… so since I’m His child and I love Him, He’ll bring those things to me.”  (*I’m certainly not saying those things won’t ever happen, but I don’t believe that’s what God intended us to take from this verse.)

"We see God as a means to an end, rather than the end itself… the assistant to our life, versus God AS our life.” –John Eldredge

So true, and so sad. So I started thinking about it...

What are the true, deepest desires of my heart??

• To be loved and desired for who I am, for my heart
• To be known and to be heard… someone who delights in the details of my life
• PASSION… pure, exploding passion; a fire that can’t be put out!!
• Pleasure, joy, and happiness
• Companionship, someone to laugh with, to walk with me through life
• Someone who sees my full potential even when I’m far from living it out
• Harmony and peace that stays strong even in hard times
• To be encouraged, for someone to build me up and push me toward my dreams
• Someone who never gives up on me and never allows me to settle
• To be so deeply in love with someone that I lose sight of myself and can't help telling others about how much I love this person
• Security… knowing the other person is loyal and will never leave, that he is a provider and a helper, and that my heart can fully trust him and be at peace
• To be fought for, pursued, desired
• To be completely forgiven for all I’ve done wrong, to let go of all guilt and shame
• FREEDOM -- from guilt, from strongholds, from worry, etc.
• Someone who takes it personally when I’m attacked and vows to be my vindicator… someone who is passionate about justice
• Purpose… to feel valued and needed and wanted, to play a role no one else can fill
• To worship something with everything in me
• Wise counsel and guidance from someone I deeply trust
• Perfection… honestly
• Adventure and excitement, someone with a hint of mystery about them…
• Everlasting love -- no sad endings, no fear of goodbye, walking away, disaster, death, betrayal, or heartbreak

How absurd for me to think I could ever find all this in a man - what ridiculous pressure to put on them! Even when a guy comes close, an earthly relationship would never perfectly fulfill my heart's desires, and it was not meant to. Only God. ONLY GOD.

When I make HIM the first priority, the highest delight and desire of my heart, He Himself will fulfill every desire I just mentioned and more!  That is what that verse means. Why are we so quick to look for anything but God to meet our desires?  Why do we struggle to trust Him and rest in His goodness?

"Seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.”

The desires that seem impossible are there for a reason. We don't have to give up hope on finding this... all these things are available not through God, but IN GOD. Refuse to settle for anything less than DEPTH, PASSION, EXCITEMENT, and LOVE IN IT’S TRUEST FORM!! ❤