the desires of your heart

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

—Psalm 37:4

I have been involved in a study with a ladies group at my church called “Uninvited” by Lysa TerKeurst. 

It is a very deep look into what makes us feel rejected.

And why we can live loved.

In her book, she talks about  how we are running desperately to find the love that we are missing, when it is right in front of us every single day.

She writes “Jesus doesn’t participate in the rat race. He’s into slower rhythms of life, like abiding, delighting and dwelling – all words that require us to trust Him with our place and our pace.”

Wow.

She continues with “when we abide, delight and dwell in Him, He then places within us desires that line up with His best desire for us. Therefore, He can give us whatever we ask because we will only want what’s consistent with His best.  He can fully satisfy our hearts, because they are consistent with His heart.”

I can’t even fathom how many times I have prayed “God, if it is YOUR will let this happen, or if it is YOUR will, let that be true.”

Most of those times though, it was MY will, not His.

The wonderful thing is this: He loves us SO much, that He does give us our hearts desire, if we are willing to reach out and grab it, and that is a life with Him.

Have a blessed day!