DESIRES OF YOUR HEART
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
Do you want the desires of your heart? Are you delighting
yourself in the LORD? Scripture clearly says you cannot have one without the
other. Make sure you are getting the order right though. Delight in God FIRST,
THEN… He will give you the desires of your heart.
Why?
We all know by now that God will not give us anything He
disapproves of or that we cannot handle. When you delight in the LORD, you are
‘in sync’ with God. When you are in sync with God, your desires will line up
with God and He will have no problem giving to you.
Does that make sense?
Many of you desire a ‘Boaz” who is not from God or one that
is not meant to be in your life. You cannot obtain happiness with this person
because what you want has not lined up with who God wanted to give to you.
We must stop making excuses and blame our dysfunctional
relationship on ‘God’s will’. I have had many women say that the Holy Spirit
revealed to them a certain man was to be their husband when clearly the man in
question was more interested in the world rather than God.
When the relationship crumbles, these women blame God, the
devil or others for its downfall. They should have heeded the word and focused
more on delighting in God instead of chasing their own desires.
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong
motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
James 4:3
Don’t get thrown off by the word ‘spend’ in this verse. The
scripture is speaking of ‘consuming’ your blessing on yourself and not
necessarily money. It’s about asking God for ‘anything’ with wrong motives,
simply to please yourself. These request are ‘NOT’ created out of delight for
God, but delight for self, thus you have asked wrongly and God will not
deliver.
Praying for your ‘Boaz’ should not merely be just to find a
good man, but to find a man who will walk with you to help you do God’s will on
earth. You should want a man to help build you up spiritually and create a
godly family with you. You should want your union to be a force on earth for
God.
When you get this piece of the puzzle correct, you are now
delighting in God and not pretending. You are realizing that a good man, a
Boaz, fits into God’s plan for you and your life for ‘HIS’ purposes. And His
purpose becomes your purpose, your purposes become His and He will bless you
with all you need to fulfill His will.
Remember Solomon? God asked Him to name ‘anything’ he wanted!
How is that for 3 wishes from a genie or blank check?! What did Solomon do with
such an offer?
“A discerning heart
to govern your people and to distinguish between
right and wrong.”
1 Kings 3:9
Solomon got it right! He didn’t go all selfish on God and break out his
Christmas wish list. No, he asked for what God would want from Him. To know
right from wrong, discernment and a heart for people. Now look At God’s
response:
The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for
this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for
long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies
but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you
have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like
you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for—both wealth
and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in obedience to me and
keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long
life.”
1 Kings 3:10-14
So God not only gave Solomon what he asked for, but
everything he didn’t ask for!
Here’s the best part; God is no respecter of persons. (Acts
10:34)
Solomon is not ‘better’ than you. God shows
no favoritism in who you ARE, but in WHAT YOU DO! So if you focus on doing
right by God, God will do right by you!
So pray and seek God. Delight in your
Lord. Wait On Your Boaz….and God will
give you the desires of your heart….too.
God Bless
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i like what i just read i didnt realize that i was only thinking of myself. Its very hard not too i look at others and things seem so easy for them. Seem like everything in my life i have to work harder at. I talk to the Lord all the time i pray i read i try to do good not to just be blessed the way i want but Gods way because i know every good gift comes from the Lord not just my Boaz but every good gift he has for me iwant.
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