[Discoveries] 09-08-08 Big Idea #8 -- Psalm 103:5

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*[God] satisfies your desires with good things. -- Psalm 103:5*/

Big Idea #8. Every desire -- good, bad and ugly -- will take you to God 
if you allow it.

What do you do with your evil desires? Take them to God!

This is one of the most powerful lessons I have ever learned. All of us 
are tempted. We pray to avoid temptation, but when it comes, let it be 
an opportunity for God.

God delights in satisfying our desires. Not to make us self-indulgent, 
spoiled little brats. Not at all. But rather so that we might drink deep 
the truth of His love for us. Now, obviously, He will not fulfill an 
evil desire in its evil form. But, He will take that desire and untangle 
all that is twisted in it, and satisfy the unspoken need behind it -- 
breaking forever the power of that evil desire.

Which brings us to the reason God satisfies our desires. He satisfies 
them to make us whole again.

Sometimes there is an element of delayed gratification. Yes, God gives 
us what we want, but not right away. And there is value to that. The 
person who can buy anything he wants has nothing of value -- everything 
is a trinket and a toy. But the person who sacrifices for what he wants 
learns to value the things that are important. If part of that sacrifice 
involves coming back to God day after day with what we desire, the 
fellowship with God will eventually eclipse the pursuit of the desire.

Then we find that we have gained something far greater than we anything 
we knew how to ask for.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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