Today I feel the BIG hole. The so called God-shaped hole. The hole that is an accumulation of many things. The hole is there and the pain it causes is real and the solution to both is always the same but rarely used...
I'm not sure what triggered this
Having desires is good! God created us to have longings and dreams. When justifying our longings and desires we often quote Psalm 37:4 that says, "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."
This scripture is true but as in ALL scripture it is detrimental to just pull out the parts that make you feel good. We read "he will give you the desires of your heart" however there is vital instruction before the promise. Before God gives us the promise that he will give us the desires of your heart he instructs us to "Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord..."
I don't know about you but I love promises. Especially promises that will make me happy. But as carnal humans not everything we desire is beneficial or what God has designed for our lives. And those things we desire that are good, God knows the perfect timing for those things to happen.
Today my head and heart teamed up and took heed to what the soft gentle voice of Holy Spirit was saying. Father God longs to fulfill my deepest yearnings. His is a wonderful Father who loves to give His kids good gifts. However, if I don't first TRUST Him, Do Good (OBEY), LIVE life daily in His presence and BELIEVE His Faithfulness, and find my JOY in Him then I'm not going to be able to fully receive the desires of my heart.
It is good to desire God above being an advocate for the weak.
It is best to desire God above being a missionary.It is excellent to desire God above being a wife.
It is necessary to desire God above being a mommy.
Why? Because God is worthy to be what I desire most. Here's to learning to want God more than anything else!
~Nicole
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