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What do you desire?


I heard this asked on a TV show recently.  Each time it was asked the person had to share from deep inside them what their biggest desire was.  How often do we really know what our desire is?


Often we deceive ourselves or are deceived by others when it comes to what we want.  We might even trick others or do things that we think will get us what we want.


Be careful.  How desires should line up with what is best.  That is what God says is best and what builds up everyone involved.  Check your motives.  Be honest about what you find.  In fact watch how God adjusts your desire or my desire because we choose to focus on Him.


God will reveal our desires.  God will help us dig in to see things happen or become reality.


Psalms 145:16  NASB

You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.


We serve an awesome God.  He loves to bless His children, but often our desires are so far out of line with what God knows is best for us. 


Isaiah 58:11  NASB

"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.


Maybe you or I even think that something is impossible.  Maybe we think that we are not worthy of being blessed.  God will make a way in our lives and for good things to come as we seek Him and His best for those around us.


God satisfies our desire as we become more like Him.  May we see our desire become like His desire.  May our desires help others see God.  That makes all of us sail higher and win more.


Proverbs 11:23  NASB

The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.


May our desires depict a life set in the direction of honoring God.  Let God satisfy your deepest desires.


Matthew 5:6  NASB

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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