FINDING YOUR HEART'S DESIRE

FINDING YOUR HEART'S DESIRE I have two questions For you WHAT is your heart's desire In life?-and- Have you found it? My answer is GOD & LOVE-and- YES-I have found it- LIVING in the deep dark recesses Of my soul And living in the soul Of everyone else In today's reading in Kings We read about The prophet Elijah HOLDING a competition Between the God of Israel And the false god Baal And his 450 prophets Whom the Israelites Are following “But there was NOT a sound No one answered And no one was listening” 1 Kings 18:29 And that is the way It goes-even in today's world WHEN we are not centering our lives On God-family-and LOVE We too-today Just like the Israelite people Are following FALSE gods like: Power-money-work-sex-science- Drug and alcohol addictions And who know what else WE need to FIND Our heart's desire-GOD- We need to center our lives On him “You have granted him His heart's desire And have not withheld The request of his lips” Psalm 21:2 “A sluggard's appetite Is never filled But the desires of the diligent Are FULLY SATISFIED” Proverbs 13:4 We need to FIND OUR heart's desire in life If it isn't-it should be GOD- And family and love and friends BUILD your life On the right things When we don't do this We wind up looking as FOOLISH And absurd as Baal and his prophets You can's build a relationship with money- And certainly not an addiction Such as alcohol-drugs-or sexual pornography ONLY with God Only with another person With whom we should be loving Elijah cried out. “The Lord is God! The Lord is God” He is the ONLY ONE With whom we are in relationship Him-and those we LOVE WE CRY OUT-as Elijah did And he listens-answers- And DELIVERS us HE FULFILLS OUR HEARTS DESIRES Robert P. Wallman 6-7-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco