Desire

I was thinking about the desires that God placed in each of us and though we all look so differently on the outside, inside we are all made to desire or crave something.  And we spend most of our time here on earth trying to fulfill it and in that attempt soon realize we need more. It looks different for everyone...some simply find temporary fulfillment in food; some challenge their bodies physically,pushing themselves to achievements and goals; some seek beauty by worldly standards; some resort to drugs for that temporary fix; some buy things, some put all efforts forward to climbing the ladder of "success"; and so on...  What is the desire of my heart? I have to ask myself to check myself. Where lies the desires of my heart? I want everything that you want; love, joy, and peace. Where and what am I seeking to find these? When God chose to open my eyes and heart to Him I was no longer my own. I was bought, purchased by the blood of Jesus. On that day, my heart was His. I was a new creation, the old had passed and the new had come. And it keeps on coming!!! Glory to God!  My own heart will and has chased these things apart from the saving grace of my Lord and Savior. But God , my gracious God, gives. He gave me His Spirit to guide me and remind me. He gave me His Word to abide in and grow through wisdom and understanding and LOVE. And I want to please Him with my life. I desire to do His will! Help me God to know and remember the satisfaction of YOU.  Be our portion today of love, joy, and rest. No thing can satisfy my soul, but YOU LORD.
Romans 7:18-25 "For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. WRETCHED man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!  So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin."
 I praise Him for choosing me and writing my song for salvation. We are slaves to sin when we allow these desires to be anything other than the law of our God. Psalm 119:10 and 18 are two verses that I long for my heart every second of everyday. 10 says "With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments." 18 says "Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law." Who can pray such a prayer but those who believe and by faith in Christ have been set FREE. Mere man doesn't love any law. Therefore, would not pray to not wander from it or see any good in it. Only God can cause us to love His ways. Psalm 25:4,5 says "Make known to me your ways O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long." I, through Him, see. I see life, love, joy, and great freedom in knowing that I am His! He loves me and He knows the very thing I need in order to draw nearer to Him. He is all about the heart matters. I long for His all consuming fire to refine me still. He is worthy of my life. Lyrics to a song say " How could repay such a debt except with my life, how could I give anything but sacrifice."
So where lies the desires of my heart?  I desire more than anything this world could ever offer... GOD.