Psalm 37:4 – “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Matthew 6:21 – “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Fill in the blank of the following, “All I want is *****.” We have said these words, and have heard others say them. After these words, even prayers, we have either not gotten what we wanted, gotten and lost it, or gotten and kept it and found it was not the end of wanting, but perhaps more of a burden then a blessing. Careers are not the end all. Neither are houses, cars, vacations, friends or anything else, except Jesus. We were made to be one with God and nothing but being one with God will satisfy the endless want we all have. More likely than not, Believer or not, we all have one or more of the “If I have that I will be one hundred percent satisfied” beliefs in our lives. Yet let us consider that most everything we have in our life, besides God, is something we have pursued or worked for. Often what we want eludes us, or runs from us. Yet God is He who pursues us, who came seeking us out to be one with us and to bless us. Everything that does not truly satisfy we pursue. He who is our satisfaction, our peace, pursues us. God calls to us (John 6:44, 2 Thessalonians 2:14). We did not seek Him first, He first sought us, just like He did Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9).
Once we have something in this world we must then take care of it. We must clean it, polish it, put fuel or nourishment into it, register it, license it, protect it from theft, take care of it lest it rot or ruin. Yet if God is our prize, if God is what we most desire, than we will have as much of God as we want and He will take care of us.
We have as much of God as we have wanted. God wants to pour Himself into us. He loves us and wants us to fill ourselves with Him. He know it is a good thing, the best thing, for us. It is because He loves us that He draws us to Him and continuously fills us with Himself. It is for our benefit, not His, that He pours His goodness, and that He pours Himself, onto us and into us. Why? Because He loves us. God has promised that if He is our prize, than we shall fully, and eternally have our prize. No pursuing needed.
It’s our choice. What is our prize? If it is God, then we shall have it through Jesus our Savior and Lord. If it is anything else, then our future will be filled with tiredness as we forever chase to grasp the wind. Know God, know peace. No God, No peace. God desires us, do we desire Him? If so we have more of God than we can contain. If God is not our prize than we will never have enough of anything. If He is our prize we will be full and satisfied. It is our choice. We must choose. Let us have God as our prize and let His praises fill our hearts and overflow our mouths. Praise God!
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown You, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.