Desires of my heart
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
At the beginning of high school I had my future all planned out. I knew what college I wanted to attend, which career I wanted to pursue, what kind of man I wanted to marry and when, and probably even the kind of house I wanted to live in. I look back now and laugh at how different my life is now from the life I once dreamed of in my head as a child. I'm positive God was probably laughing as well as he watched me plan each step of my life, knowing already what would actually happen.
Not long after falling in love with the Lord and surrendering everything to him, I remember someone asking me what I wanted to do with my life after I completed high school and I had no answer. The plans I had once made were no longer my desires. I desired nothing more than to glorify my sweet Father whom I love more than anyone or anything else. My life is nothing like I had planned, but it is much greater than what I would have ever imagined.
You see, when you spend time with the Lord, commit your ways to him, and trust him with everything, you fall in love (I did!) and you desire what he desires. My hearts desire is that others would know the love of Christ and choose to accept his gift of forgiveness and live in complete surrender to Him. This is not from me but from the Lord. I believe that when we delight (great pleasure or joy) ourselves in the Lord, what He desires becomes what we desires and it brings much greater joy than if we would have gotten what we thought we wanted.
I often get asked "what do you want to do after college or after your adventures?" I have no other answer but whatever the Lord wants. I no longer desire to do anything than that of which the Lord asks. This life is not my own and I can think of no greater thing to be than a woman who passionately pursues her Father and says yes to the adventures he takes me on. "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20
Sweet Father, help us all to live in complete surrender to you. Saying yes to anything you ask, even if it means suffering for your sake, give us boldness and desire to make your name known throughout all the nations. Jesus name, Amen.
At the beginning of high school I had my future all planned out. I knew what college I wanted to attend, which career I wanted to pursue, what kind of man I wanted to marry and when, and probably even the kind of house I wanted to live in. I look back now and laugh at how different my life is now from the life I once dreamed of in my head as a child. I'm positive God was probably laughing as well as he watched me plan each step of my life, knowing already what would actually happen.
Not long after falling in love with the Lord and surrendering everything to him, I remember someone asking me what I wanted to do with my life after I completed high school and I had no answer. The plans I had once made were no longer my desires. I desired nothing more than to glorify my sweet Father whom I love more than anyone or anything else. My life is nothing like I had planned, but it is much greater than what I would have ever imagined.
You see, when you spend time with the Lord, commit your ways to him, and trust him with everything, you fall in love (I did!) and you desire what he desires. My hearts desire is that others would know the love of Christ and choose to accept his gift of forgiveness and live in complete surrender to Him. This is not from me but from the Lord. I believe that when we delight (great pleasure or joy) ourselves in the Lord, what He desires becomes what we desires and it brings much greater joy than if we would have gotten what we thought we wanted.
I often get asked "what do you want to do after college or after your adventures?" I have no other answer but whatever the Lord wants. I no longer desire to do anything than that of which the Lord asks. This life is not my own and I can think of no greater thing to be than a woman who passionately pursues her Father and says yes to the adventures he takes me on. "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20
Sweet Father, help us all to live in complete surrender to you. Saying yes to anything you ask, even if it means suffering for your sake, give us boldness and desire to make your name known throughout all the nations. Jesus name, Amen.
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