The perfection of desire

Only half of the battle is won when we learn to rely on God to fulfill our desires - but we must learn to let Him perfect our desires as well! If God gave you everything you wanted right now, would you have anything worthwhile? Where we should be as children to enter the kingdom of Heaven, we often act like teenagers, bringing our desire to God so that He may fulfill it, not knowing that our desire is full of sin. Look closer.

My last blog was about how I had desired for God to "come back into my life". That's all I wanted, for God to show up and show me that we were still connected. And sure enough, He did. Yet now I feel the same as I did before those few glorious hours on Saturday when He was 'in the room'. My desire was fulfilled but I have nothing to show for it. Why?

Because I needed to be in a room with ten other people who believed in God before I would. I needed the Faith of others to restore my own. Gross!

My new desire is this: give me Faith! So that I may know you are there when I don't see you, and when I don't feel you. Don't merely return to me when I call - never leave me again!

God not only fulfills desires, he perfects them. If God has given you nothing yet, rejoice! For you need not suffer the shame of getting what you asked for, and realizing how stupid it really is. Seek first the perfection of your desire, and your fulfillment will be fruitful and lasting.