"delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your hearts"
this is one of those beautiful verses that is so overused in the church. it's like a get out of jail free card: well, as long as i love Jesus, i can do whatever, cause He'll give me the desires of my heart. i'll get what i want in the end. that certain guy. that specific job. that raise. that house. that car. that perfect body. right?
well, i don't think it really works that way.
i'm learning that when you really, truly delight yourself in the Lord, your desires change. when He is your true source of joy, of hope, of life. when you really aren't relying on things of the world for happiness and comfort. when you truly delight yourself in the Lord, your desires change. you don't care about what the world says you need to want. the things that you once wanted, once desired...you don't care about anymore. well, maybe you care. but they pale in comparison!
as i find myself delighting in the Lord, really and truly, my desires have changed. i'm finding that i don't really want the things that i desired as much. i mean, yes, i still want to continue doing photography, i want to meet the man of my dreams and get married, i want to have a family, i want to live and work abroad. these are still things i would love to do in my life. but they aren't nearly as important as they once were. and they aren't nearly as urgent as they once were.
i'm finding that as i delight in the Lord, i just want more of Jesus! i want to know Him more, experience Him more, love Him more, worship Him more, learn about Him more, talk about Him more...i just want MORE! i want more Jesus, i want to serve Him and His people. i believe that the other desires of my heart will come to be through these overwhelming desires of wanting more Jesus. but my fleshly desires are completely overpowered by these Kingdom desires.
"delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him and He will do this:
He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun."
psalm 37:4-6
