Saturday, December 27, 2008

a world full of misplaced desires....and a dream in Gods heart

I have a Friend who wrote a song and one of the lyrics was "turn these abstract desires into something beautiful". Especially this time of year we see people overrun with so many desires. Its a never ending parade of greed and indulgence that doesn't allow the human soul any peace. We have so many desires inside of our soul that we cant seem to discifer or sort out in any way. they overtake us and cause us to fall into so many pains and hurts. How many scars are on our hearts and bodies from the our various longings.
I was looking in the word and I was amazed at how God took the desires and dreams of a man named Abraham, God took his simple normal, human desire for a child, for a son to carry on his name and God took it farther than Abraham could ever imagine. God said, "Abraham look at these stars. So shall be your descendants." from Abraham's simple desire for a child came Gods people, His Holy nation, His royal priesthood, His special possession and a blessing to all the earth.
Then I read about Hannah in the book of Samuel. How she to wanted a child and how God used that desire and her prayer to do something so much bigger than what she prayed for or desired. God used this woman's simple desire for a child and raised up for Himself a faithful priest in the land and a prophet who would anoint David the king who would prepare a line for Jesus in the earth, the saviour of us all.
Is it that God also shares with us in our simple desires? could it be that our desire for children was actually Gods desire that He placed in us? could it be hidden in our hearts are the desires of Gods heart and that they have just been misplaced by the world? Could it be that our simplest desires could hold amazing spiritual potential?
So many people with so many misplaced desires destroying there lives. Let us come to God with our desires and lay them at His feet.

"Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think"

Your desires that may have been used to cause you to sin or be hurt could be the very seed of God in the earth. After God cleans up those desires and sanctifies them they could be the very seed of HIS desire coming to pass in the earth.

1 comment:

gosiagalas said...

"Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think"
beautiful promise He gives us. and so amaizingly beautiful can be His desires in our hearts..