The Longing Desire
"You alone are my strength; my shield. To You alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart's desire and I long to worship Thee."
The lights reflected off of my notebook with the lyrics to "As the Deer" on Thursday night, as I sang with my small little group, preparing for Sunday services. My heart was attracted to this song even more than ever this Thursday night for some reason. My mother used to sing it to me when I was a little girl. It was one of the first hymns that I learned on my violin, Saphira. It's always been so beautiful, I've always loved it. But why did it capture me so much this night?
Over the last few weeks, God has been teaching me that He is enough to satisfy my heart's deepest cravings. He has been reminding me of a phrase that was from my favorite author, Dannah Gresh.
"God is sovereign. Jesus is enough."
Jesus can fulfill my heart's - and your heart's - deepest desires. I just have to give my heart over to Him and let Him do so. My heart has many cravings one could say. Many of them I won't get into here, but a few are for - true friends. My dreams to come true. A husband, someday. But in the desiring of all these things, as I sit and daydream, I can almost hear His whisper: "I am enough."
The truth is, only Jesus can satisfy our heart's longings. With a heart that is truly given over to Him, and desiring to walk with Him, and follow hard after His heart, He will begin the process of a love relationship in which some of the heart's desires begin to be taken care of. Because what does the human heart desire most? To be loved, right? There is only one who can love us with the love that our hearts crave. That true Love is Jesus Christ.
I am grateful to Him for showing me that He should become my desire. Sure, it's okay to desire other things. But the most important? Desiring Jesus. Walking with Him in the love relationship that He desires so much.
The lights reflected off of my notebook with the lyrics to "As the Deer" on Thursday night, as I sang with my small little group, preparing for Sunday services. My heart was attracted to this song even more than ever this Thursday night for some reason. My mother used to sing it to me when I was a little girl. It was one of the first hymns that I learned on my violin, Saphira. It's always been so beautiful, I've always loved it. But why did it capture me so much this night?
Over the last few weeks, God has been teaching me that He is enough to satisfy my heart's deepest cravings. He has been reminding me of a phrase that was from my favorite author, Dannah Gresh.
"God is sovereign. Jesus is enough."
Jesus can fulfill my heart's - and your heart's - deepest desires. I just have to give my heart over to Him and let Him do so. My heart has many cravings one could say. Many of them I won't get into here, but a few are for - true friends. My dreams to come true. A husband, someday. But in the desiring of all these things, as I sit and daydream, I can almost hear His whisper: "I am enough."
The truth is, only Jesus can satisfy our heart's longings. With a heart that is truly given over to Him, and desiring to walk with Him, and follow hard after His heart, He will begin the process of a love relationship in which some of the heart's desires begin to be taken care of. Because what does the human heart desire most? To be loved, right? There is only one who can love us with the love that our hearts crave. That true Love is Jesus Christ.
I am grateful to Him for showing me that He should become my desire. Sure, it's okay to desire other things. But the most important? Desiring Jesus. Walking with Him in the love relationship that He desires so much.
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That is one of my favorite verses as well! For a long time, I thought that that verse meant that if I wanted something, if I delighted in the Lord then He'd give it to me. For instance, if I wanted to visit Israel (Couldn't resist. ;)) with all my heart and delighted in God, He'd let me go someday. But the other day I looked at that verse with different eyes and realized...the desires of my heart didn't necessarily mean the things of this world, but the desires deeper than those that we oftentimes ignore. Like the desire to be loved, the desire for a relationship, the desire for peace, etc. (of course, that doesn't mean that God won't let me go to Israel using the above example. And I hope to, someday! :)) And when I delight in the Lord, it's only inevitable that He will come in and fulfill those desires that I didn't even know about. :)That sounds like a beautiful song! I'll have to look it up. :D You have wonderful music recommendations.
I hope you get to go also, Autumn! :) It is wonderful that He gives us the desires of our hearts and more than we can even dream. :) Thanks, you, too! I love sharing music and finding more! :)
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