Delightful Desires

K-Lai — Sun, 23 May 2004 06:55:00 -0700

“I am His beast, and all His biddings are joys.” —C. S. Lewis

Is it not true that as we continue to grow closer in intimacy to the Father, our desires will continue to grow in likeness to His desires? Why then, should we ever be concerned that our wants and desires are bad? Though the heart was once “deceitful above all things and beyond cure” (Jeremiah 17:9), we are now “a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17)! We were promised “an undivided heart” and a “new spirit” – which was fulfilled in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So it is folly to crush the desires of our heart. Instead, we should guard our hearts, for they are the “wellspring of life.” What we now long for is good, and if it has not been forbidden by the word of God, it is acceptable and pleasing to Him for us to desire it. I hope that my mindset will change, so that I can and will enjoy all that I do, because I ultimately do the things I want to do.

“Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
- Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

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