The Desires of Your Heart

The Holy Spirit calls me today. He speaks to me about "desire". The promises in His Word are endless. Psalm 37:4, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart".

The Holy One is showing me that He knows better than I do what it is that I desire. He is the indwelling Spirit of all wisdom and He inhabits my heart and my heart is where desire originates.

I have to admit to Him that what I think I desire, may not in the end bring delight. Should I not know my own desires? Confusing, until He speaks of our history together.

The Lord moved us to a wonderful land 2 years ago in February. But 4 years ago, I never would have thought to desire this land; never would have thought this land would have been available to me and not knowing how much I would love living in the forest, I would not have thought to ask for it as the desire of my heart to dwell in.

Now, this land has become a symbol of desire I didn't even know I had until the Lord provided it. It is a gift and blessing prepared for me and my family before it ever became a petition.

I am overwhelmed with thanksgiving and joy in delight each and every morning that I wake up here. And best of all is the truth that the Holy Spirit has shown me that He knows best what will make me happy, content, and full of thanksgiving in my heart. In our love relationship with our Creator, the Holy Spirit is our constant source for every good thing within, including our next breath and our true desires.

God knows each one of us so intimately because He created us, having knit us together while we were in our mother's womb. He implanted our gifts, strengths and talents and even our weaknesses so we would always have to rely on Him.

Today He reveals to me that our deepest desires are ones He is willing to provide because from the very start, He has placed them within our hearts. The Holy Scriptures say, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart". The operative words are "delight yourself in the Lord" What does that mean and how are we to do it?

I have found that from sun up to sun up there are wonderful things in each of our lives that track back to our Creator, worthy of our praise and thanksgiving. Daily, in spite of burdens, trials and difficult situations, we are surrounded by the Glorious evidence of our Creator's love.

Everything in the created universe was formed to delight us. The Masterpiece of the Master is the created universe into which His most valuable Creation, (man) was placed...to find his delight in the One who created it and him.

Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life and life to the full." John 10:10. Jesus came to reveal the relationship we can have with the One who gives life. God came and walked among us to the delight of those privileged to know Him in human form. But as the Holy Spirit confirms, Jesus sent Him to delight us from within and then to enable us to delight in the Lord our God in return.

Is there any among us who cannot find a peaceful place in the created universe where we cannot delight ourselves in the One who created it? Watching a beautiful sunrise or sunset? A breath taking mountain top or peaceful stream in the valley? A gaze up at the stars so far away or looking at the delicate beauty of the emerging butterfly just out of it's cocoon.

Each and every one of us can put our minds to delight in the Lord, and be filled with gratitude for who He is and what He gives.

"Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart", even those you didn't know you have.

The Spirit is calling. Can you hear Him?