“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4).
I spoke with a friend recently about an issue that I have been struggling with. When I share this same issue with others, the response is usually some variation on “God gives us the desires of our heart.” I then told this friend about how I struggled with this concept: if God gives us the desires of our hearts, then why don’t I yet have what I want? (It sounds funny typed out, but it was how I felt at the time).
This was her response: “He will give you the desires of your heart, means that He will impart to you; He will ordain the desires of your heart when you delight yourself in Him. I used to think it meant that he’ll give me what I want. Instead, it means that He will put His desires in my heart and they will subsequently become my desires. God is good. God is faithful and God will give you more than you asked or imagined.”
Sometimes, I struggle with whether or not this desire comes from God. Sometimes, I wish I knew and had all the answers.
Has there ever been something in your life that you desired so badly, but felt at odds with God because it didn’t happen in your timing?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Heart's Desires.
Posted by Samantha at 9:17 AM
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It's not ever easy to understand God's timing... Sometimes it makes me want to shout WHY??!! But when his reasons are later revealed to me, I am ALWAYS glad it happened God's way and not mine.
To be honest, I have four friends trying to have a baby and this is what they also struggle with. It's hard for me to see them this way and yet spend so much time fixed on this verse and question so much. I can only pray that as they pray their desires become God's desires and God would be gracious, loving, and kind to what he gives them in return with children.
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