May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4
What is the desire of your heart?
We all have one, but does anyone really know what it is? Is there something we can do to identify it?
Like the leaves on a tree, the desire of the heart seems to change with the seasons of life. A child longs to live a carefree life. An adult quickly learns that there is no such thing as a carefree life. A child strives for independence - a chance to solve his own problems. An adult would sometimes give anything he could for someone else to solve the problems in life.
How can I ever know if this desire has been met if I cannot name it?
God's ways are not our ways. To be truly free, I must release my grip on freedom - sacrificing my free will for God's will. To be truly independent, I must become fully dependent - trusting in the Lord for the smallest things everyday.
Lord, it seems my whole life has been an expedition - a search to discover the greatest desire of my heart. But I've been looking in the wrong place! I will never find it by looking in my own heart. I will never find it by looking the hearts of those around me. The only way to find it - the only way to give it a name - is to look in Your heart.
Jesus, what is Your greatest desire? When I find it, I will have discovered my own. Give me the desire of my heart, Father. Let Your desire be mine today.