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Our Hearts Desires
April 21st 2007

       Your Hearts Desires

What is it in life that you desire? Because your time is your life and life is your time. We are only allowed a limited number of days to live and no one really knows how many days those are, or what will truly happen in any given day. you can plan them, but do they always go as planned?

What is it? What's that thing that when its all said and done, you can look back on and actually say to yourself with contentment, "That was what I wanted, I accomplished what I set out to do, this brought or brings me great fulfillment and joy. My life was not wasted, I now have no regrets or righted the wrongs and have peace and contentment about life". "This inspired me and so this is what I did. I am happy about what I was able to do in my life".

I 100% believe that God gives us our hearts desires. Whether you think that HE inserts the desires, our life's dreams & goals, that He gives us our talents and abilities and puts into our hearts that make us who we are as individuals. Those things that make us feel alive when we are doing them. The inner compulsions that make us want to do a thing or if you believe that He will provide to give you the means to accomplish what you have purposed in your heart to accomplish in life. Either way, I believe it's both. 

I have been thinking about this lots lately and since He says in His Word that when we delight ourselves in Him, he will give us our hearts desires, I believe that it means that he will help us accomplish the goals that we have set in our heart. I do subscribe to believe that God does give us all our desires and talents/abilities. No way were intelligent enough to go from wooden wheeled wagons/chariots from before Christ's lifetime until early 1900's and then all of the sudden have what we have now in 2007 with all this extreme advanced technology. All this progress in less than 100 years time? Sorry, but God was the one that allowed us to figure it out and achieve these goals that were set in the hearts of men and women. The only evolution that makes sense is our thoughts evolving. No proof of physical evolution but that's for another blog, argument and time. Think about it, this was an EXPLOSION of knowledge from the year 1900 to present day. Why did it take so long? God has His plans.

God gives us our hearts desires if we DELIGHT ourselves in HIM. He says this in Psalm 37 that He will even bring it to pass, meaning to fulfill your dreams, if you trust in Him and commit your plans to Him. So He is saying basically to think up the plans, and THEN commit them to Him so they can prosper.

Even if you don't believe in God or the bible, if you have ever read Psalms and Proverbs, no one can deny there is wisdom that surpasses all of man's and if you lived by this wisdom, you would have a better, more enjoyed, fulfilled, less dangerous, more prosperous and abundant life.

Our lives are so short. the only time I can remember when TIME itself seemed slow was when I was very young child. When mom would make us wait 15 minutes for whatever she said we could do but needed her to help. Those 15 minutes seemed to have taken forever to come about. Now, 15 minutes might as well be the same as 15 seconds at this moment in my life. That is unless you're in a car accident or a similar fast moving traumatic experience. Then seconds seem to take a long time to occur. It is kinda weird, the perception of time that is.

Dreams as well seem like they are much longer while you are dreaming them and even when you wake up to remember it and go to write it down, the longest dreams are quickly placed on paper and normally don't take more than a page, page and a half to complete. At least if you are even able to remember the whole dream.

Time is a strange thing. We are not people of time, we are people of eternity. Every single thing we do affects our eternal life. Some might think that when we die, that's it, nothing else. Even so, if you somehow actually believe that in your heart, (I don't believe that anyone truly does believe this even if they say they do), your time is flying by faster than a weavers shuttle.

Sometimes while were in a bad situation in life, time seems to take longer to occur while were waiting on the good thing or waiting in expectation of an exciting thing to happen that we know will happen. I suppose it if you think about it, and you are in a very bad situation in life and have no hope, maybe your time goes by a little slower due to the fact that you have no hope? I dunno, for most of my life I have been in troublous times and waiting for a good thing to happen and still, my life went by fast during the times when I felt hopeless about a thing. I'm just thinking out loud here.

One example (not a perilous one), is the last hour before getting off work for the day or for the week to enjoy what little time that you have for yourself or to spend with someone you love. I literally hate my job, it brings me no joy at all. The only thing that makes me feel good about my job is when I do a good job at it and know that who ever is depending on me is satisfied with my production, the activity that I was given to do by my boss. That's the only joy I can recollect from my job. But even in the time I'm there, it flies by so fast that its the end of the day before I realize it. Lunch time passes by so fast I hardly have time to swallow my food and I get an hour.

How about a good radio program or a good movie? You get wrapped up in listening/watching it and its over before you know it.

What am I getting at here? Make your life count! So at the end of it, or even now, you wont be thinking that it was a total waste of time, energy, a continual string of hellish dramatic events made by decisions that resulted in detriment and defeat.

If you put your all into whatever you're doing, you will be satisfied in your own heart with knowing that at least you tried. Whether you failed or succeeded, you know you gave it your best and there is nothing else you could have done to make it better as far you know. That's a satisfying feeling. I'm sure there are things in your life where this has happened. Something, there must be at least one time where you gave it your all. Think about it. Even if you failed, how did you feel? Maybe a little bummed or discouraged that it didn't turn out the way you expected or wanted, but at least you tried. NOT trying is truly failing and leaves you (at least me) with such a void and discontentment that it creates confusion and major depression. I've learned all this the hard way.

If you're lazy on purpose about a goal that no one but you wants to accomplish, then you will hate yourself for it. And if you hate yourself, how could you possibly love others and sustain a fulfilled life?

If you were a craftsman in wood working and built a chair that you really just didn't care how it was built but it held up to others sitting in it, how would you really feel about that chair? you'd probably not care at all. but if you built a chair and put all your effort in it and shaped the wood to seat someone with comfort and built it strong with braces and design and NO ONE liked it, how would you feel about that chair? You wouldn't care if everyone else hated it, you did your best and you love the chair. Personally I am not good at building things with my hands from scratch, my dad is, he can do anything. He built a 2 story, 8 car, storage barn, literally larger than my parents home by HIMSELF. Yes it passed inspection by the county in all aspects. The only thing that he didn't do by himself is the very top part of the roof. My sister and brother in law placed the very top metal tiles on so my dad would not harm himself. But dad put up all the trusses BY HIMSELF and secured them and then put on the rest of the metal roofing for the lower floor winged roof. He's amazing at everything. He's a master mechanic on any vehicle, new or old and can build anything from scratch; I don't know what he can't do. He has completely restored his 32 Ford sedan 4 times from the ground up, his 56 Convertible Chevy Bel-Air 3 times from the ground up. My 66 Mustang two times (before i sold it like an idiot). Paint job and all. He can do anything and he just amazes me. I wish i had HALF of what he had in his heart to accomplish his purposes and a 1/4 of the ability to achieve. He's only 63 years old. Lived through the first tour of Viet Nam and came out alive by God's grace and mercy and many prayers. Many of his friends died 3 feet away from him in the 1st Cavalry. He has seen the worst of life and the best of life and finally retires this year in a couple months from a 24 year county job where he made his way to the top. I DESIRE for him that he will have time and money to accomplish the rest of his goals.

The bible says in Proverbs 22 (oh here we go again with that bible yappin') - "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold". And again in Ecclesiastes 7 - "A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth". If you agree with the Bible or not, I think that most would agree that those statements are true. If you lived your life in such a way, wouldn't you have more peace in your heart about life? I know I would.

Live your life with purpose. If you allow others to dictate your life for you or you just float on down the stream and take it as it comes, how will you feel about your life when it's over? How do you feel about it now? Are you reaching your goals? Do you have any goals? or have you allowed life to push them down so far that you forgot what they really are.

What is it that will bring true meaning to YOUR LIFE?

Then what are you going to do about it?

Continually living in misery is not God's plan for your life. He wants us to be happy, fulfilled, & secure in life.

We don't know how much time we have on earth. Hebrews 9:27 Says "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. So we DO have an appointed time of death just as we have an appointed time of birth.

Ecclesiastes 5:15 - As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Jeremiah 1:5 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Isaiah 24:44 - Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretched forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself;

So remember this the most while planning and proceeding with your life's plans. Since we are people of eternity and CANNOT take anything physical with us from this planet to the next life, how has this knowledge changed your thinking about your goals in this life?

Everything in this life that is physical can be corrupted, rust, fall apart, destroyed, stolen, vandalized, broken, lost, taken away, etc. You get the point. Spiritual things, treasures up in heaven cannot be touched. They are there waiting for you when you arrive.

God says in Matthew 6:20 - But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

And as a good preacher has said, "I don't think we need to worry about the accountant in heaven making any mistakes". This also applies to our behavior and the words we speak and the sins we commit. But Glory be to God that He has given us a GIFT, that only cost us a decision of faith, a way out of being held accountable to the sins we commit. Jesus Christ is the sacrifice, once and for all, for all peoples, for all time. But we must accept and believe that the gift exists. We will be held accountable, so what will you say to God on judgment day when He asks of you why He should allow you into is Holy, Pure Presence and palace or heaven?

It is a gift because the bible says that our best/greatest works with the best of intentions are still as filthy rags to a Holy, Righteous God and if we have committed one sin in our entire life, then we've broken all the commandments. Jesus' death, punishment (in place of ours) and resurrection IS THE ONLY way to salvation. He says so. He loves us enough to want to be with us that God allowed His ONLY child to be the offering for all of our sins. We cannot really truly understand this, I cant. But I believe it because it is historical fact for one thing and what other way would there be? None. We cannot work our way to heaven; He says so. For if our salvation were of works then a mere person could brag about it. And we really have nothing to brag about considering what/who were up against (GOD, who is wise enough to create the entire everything, give us pure free will, not making us robots, allowing us to choose his way or death). We could not do enough good in our lives to outweigh the bad that we've committed against a Holy, Pure God. So, accept his gift if you haven't already and begin living now.

So what do you really want to look back on in life and be satisfied with?

Ok, Begin.

It appears from reading God's word that we are all born with our names written in the Lambs Book of Life. It this were not so it would seem that we could not be blotted out. Since it states that whoever's name is not blotted out from the Lambs Book of Life will have everlasting life, then there had to have been something there to be blotted out in the first place.

Your Time is your life and your life is your time.

God expects us to use our talents, gifts abilities and skills for His will and His purposes. Not to waste them.

     Why do you think that He gave them to us? Why are some people interested in some things while others could care less? We are all different and have different passions, but we should all have passions and it is unfair to ourselves to deny our God given rights to these things that make us who we are inside. What ever you are good at naturally is probably what you should be doing in life. Doesn't that make sense? Why do something that you hate to do? Sure occasionally we all have to do things that we don't particularly like to do to accomplish certain goals (and I'm not talking about ethics or morals here), but working and doing the chore portion of what you do is as rewarding as what you love to do when you see the final results or see a project coming along as planned.

     Think of it this way. What if you were told that you only had a few weeks, months or one year left to live? What would you do differently than you are doing now? Because in reality, we have been given a death sentence from the day we were born. We have been dying all along with only a certain amount of time to fulfill God's purpose in our lives.

Do Your Part & READ THE HOLY BIBLE!

Then apply it to your life.

Jesus said, "I am the Truth, The Life and The Way, No man comes to The Father but by me".

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Some for as long as I have been a Christian (26 Years). 

I know they are reliable in what they teach or I would not feel comfortable placing them on this site.

Charles Stanley | Pastor Vernon McGee | New Life Live | D. James Kennedy | The Way of the Master - Kirk Cameron

Alistair Begg | David Jeremiah | Wallbuilders - America was founded as a Christian Nation | Free Congress Foundation

Focus on the Family | Pastor James McDonald | Pastor Tony Evans | Randy Carlson - Living the Intentional Christian Life

Unshackled! | John MacArthur | One Place - Christian Ministry Site Map | Adrian Rodgers | Bible answer Man

 | Pastor Pete Menendez - My old Pastor from FBCA | BBN - Bible Broadcasting Network | Voice of The Martyrs |

 | 1st Baptist Church Astor | 

|Does God Exist?| - Watch this Video Debate on ABC Nightline Atheist vs. Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort

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The goal of these three financial ministries is to get completely out of debt, stay out of debt,

live debt free and manage your time and money wisely. 

They all have been blessed by God and I know of no others that can give more sound advise than these:

| Howard Dayton - Money Matters | Frank Reynolds - Christian Wealth Management | Dave Ramsey - Christian Wealth |

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