What is your heart’s desire? Do you know? Have you thought about it? Where did it come from? Is it a worthy desire—or selfish? Who put it there?
Psalm 20:4 says, “May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your purpose.”
I never would have put those two things together—my heart’s desire and my purpose! First of all, I haven’t trusted my desires; I’ve believed they are fleshly or selfish. And because of that, I wouldn’t have put my desires on the same level as my purpose—which I’ve understood to be God’s plan for me.
But maybe I need to qualify my desires with Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” So if I’m delighting in the Lord, my heart’s desires are from Him! How do I know if I’m delighting in God? The picture from the Hebrew is to be “soft or delicate—intimate: to laugh with.” Are you spending time with God: sharing your heart with Him; laughing with Him? If you are, then trust that your heart’s desires are from Him! But the opposite is also true…if you haven't delighted in God, your desires will be fleshly or selfish.
When you delight in God and follow your heart’s desires, you will fulfill your purpose. Why else would God put those desires in your heart? He knew you would need a stimulus to chase after His purpose for your life!
I encourage you to examine your heart’s desires—write them down. And then, ask, “How has God already used these desires to fulfill my purpose? And how does He want to use them next?”
He has a plan.
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