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Double Edged Sword: Desire and Contentment

Desire:  A longing.  A yearning.  Thirsty in the Greek is to desire eagerly.

A desire in itself is not a bad thing.  In fact I believe we were all born with strong desires.  A desire within us for eternity.  A God shaped hole in our soul that can only be filled-truly filled by Jesus. 

I desire...long for and am compelled to pray for my children, their hearts and minds, their future spouses and calling and their children.  I desire and long and yearn to see people find hope and healing.  I desire to do what I'm supposed to be doing.  

Desires are different then goals and expectations and much different if they are based on something other then "what I want."

I believe desire fuels our passion and passion fuels our calling.  A passion to love our husbands and our children.  A deep desire to love God.  A passion to make a difference.  To live in a passionless life is captivity.  Within helplessness and without hope.

I believe that our desires scare us.  Ignored and our lives align with the status quo-the normal.  Fanned to flame with God's Word-they burn away the unimportant.  I want more.  I want to know God and His power.  I want to live without doubt or fear.   I want to say everyday, "ME ME PICK ME!! I'll do it.  I'll go!"


Ps. 42"1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
   so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
   When can I go and meet with God?" 

 The other side of the sword is just as sharp and critical.

Contentment:  Satisfied

Contentment of what we have and who we are in Christ.  Peace.

 Thayer's Lexicon (Greek) defines it as "independent of external circumstances.  Sufficient for one's self, strong enough or possessing enough to need no aid or support.  Content with one's lot, with one's means, though the slenderest."

"I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty.  I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.  I can do everything through him who gives me strength." Phil 4:12-13

Live. Be satisfied with who we are in Christ.   Be satisfied with today.  Knowing that we truly don't need anything outside of us and God.  We don't need stuff.  We are not attached to things and circumstances.  

Our attachment needs to be to Him.  We need Him.  His desires within us.  The desires that He has placed in our very being.  God and I.





















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