Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4)
Just like everyone else in the world, Christians are busy with work, family, church, sports, hobbies, you name it. But all too often our busyness lacks a sense of God’s leading and will. We want to know God’s plan for our lives, but we secretly (or not so secretly!) think our dreams and desires don’t matter to Him.
But they do.
But God has a plan for your life. And that plan includes what you want to do. It includes the deepest desires of your heart. Sometimes we express these desires in ways that don’t help fulfill them. Just because you’re longing for a bigger house doesn’t mean that’s your deep desire. Your deep desire may be a need for inner space, for order, for beauty. That’s the desire God knows and wants to fulfill.
That’s not to say that a bigger house isn’t something you need! When we brought our new baby home to a tiny two-bedroom house, I knew what we needed! So did God, and He provided for us.
But the main focus is the deep desires, the good desires, the true desires of your heart....