His desire

This morning as I was getting ready for the day a question came to mind: What does God desire? What does He desire for me? for you?

Sometimes my desires get in the way of His desires. I don't always think about what God wants... for my life, for my heart. I think about what I want and I fully believe that, that can get in the way of what He wants for me. I wonder how often, if I stopped thinking about my plans, my heart, my life what God would do with those things. I believe the plans would be much bigger, my heart would be much fuller, and my life would be so much more than it is...if only I would seek His desires more than my own. In a general sense however, those things don't matter. I think God's biggest desire is for us to want Him. God doesn't need us, but He wants us. He wants us to have a deep relationship with Him. I don't think much else matters to Him other than us being His. We can have those things... we can have plans of our own, a compassionate heart, a life full of great things, but if we do not have a relationship with Him really we don't have anything at all. He desires for our plans, our hearts, our life to be about Him.

Having a relationship with Him is so much more than just speaking with Him when we feel we need Him.... not that He won't be there if that's the only time we go to Him, but He desires more than that. He wants us to have a deep relationship with Him. He wants us to consider Him a friend. He wants us to love Him and feel His love. He wants us to feel His forgiveness. He wants to be our everything and be His everything in return because to God we do mean the world...and the fact that He gave His son so we could live proves that.

Lord, Your word says to delight in You and You will give me the desires of my heart. I ask You now, to help me put aside my desires and desire what You desire. Help me to see what You desire for me and help me to go after that because Your desires are far better than my own.