Something to Twist Your Noodle...

(Twisted Noodles)

Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. Psalm 37:3-5 (nasb)

O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice! You have given him his heart's desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. Psalm 21:1-3 nasb

Now, Psalm 37:3-5 from The Message:

Get insurance with God and do a good deed,
settle down and stick to your last.
Keep company with God, get in on the best.
Open up before God, keep nothing back; He'll do whatever needs to be done:
He'll validate your life in the clear light of day
and stamp you with approval at high noon.

Interesting. Get insurance with God (by) doing a good deed. Keep company with Him, open up to Him, and He will validate your life.

I can't help but wonder...Since we are created by Him and for Him, He is the One who places the desires in our hearts, yes?

The ultimate heart's desire of every person is to find God. (Not that He has ever been lost.) Most people do not know the Creator is the Thing they seek. People just roam through their lives searching for that just-out-of-reach elusive something that will bring them fulfillment.

I am starting to believe the ultimate God-placed desire of our hearts is Him. Knowing Him and having faith that He is Who He says He is and will always be the perfect Father.

We often think the desire of our heart is a goal or a thing. I wonder if we are too shallow in our thinking. He is the desire of our hearts, whether we accept that or not. The rest is, as they say, gravy.