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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Desires

Desires of my heart. If I delight myself in the Lord then He will give me the desires of my heart. 

Hmm…what if that means if I delight myself in Him, and still want those new croc boots, then He will give them to me? What about the cruise in the Med? Where did I get those desires in my heart?

Or if I’m delighting myself in Him, they will change, so He knows that and feels safe saying He will give them to me? Pondering these things.  Maybe I need to look at the verse in real life instead of just the version that’s sprouted in my lil’ brain.

Psalms 37:4 - Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. NAS
Psalms 37:4 -  Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. AMP
Psalms 37:4 -  Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires. NCV

Even after looking at those I still have this little question mark in my mind: what if it means that if I delight myself in Him, He will GIVE me desires in my heart, as in plant them there? Not the desires that were there at the beginning of this project (you know, the croc boots!) but the ones He planted?

Let’s take it a little farther down the road and brainstorm about what desires He would plant, if He were the one doing the planting. (Exit croc boots….)

Top on the list might be a desire to truly love every person I meet. To have a heart full of compassion and forgiveness.

Ranking pretty high would be a love of truth and a desire to both know truth, His truth, and to communicate only truth in all my dealings.

What if my heart’s desire included all the fruits of the Spirit? If that’s what my heart wanted most of all? (Boots? What boots??)

What if this verse is all about God planting His desires in the soil of my heart, and then tending them so they grow?

This is becoming a prayer: Oh Father! Plant Your desires in my heart! I want my heart to be filled with wanting what You want more than any desire for anything else. Let me desire the things that please You, that make Your heart smile…


In this mode, do those boots even show up on the chart of heart desires?  Didn’t think so. 
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