For it is I who gave you
those desires.

Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will
and to act according to his good purpose.
(NIV Bible)

In our previous devotional message, we read about how God promises to give us the desires of our heart if we will just delight in Him (Psalm 37:4) In Philippians, chapter 2 we read that it is God who actually works in us to will and to act according to his good purpose.

It is wonderful to think that we have a Father who made each one of us uniquely for His special plan for our life. He's a Father that loves diversity and uses our own desires to guide us to do His will. It is when we obey these promptings that we begin to line up with our destiny.

Many of us struggle with the concept that God might use our own desires to direct our steps. It is as if we think that God's sole mission is to force us to live a life contrary to our heart's desires. God is the master architect of our life and He equips us with all we need to accomplish what He had foreordained. He is the one who planned our DNA and He is the one who works in us to will and to do His good pleasure. Before we assume unnecessary guilt for yielding to the life-long yearnings in our hearts, we may want to see if God is the One who gave us those desires in the first place.

PRAYER
Father, I thank You for placing godly desires in my heart. I know that You work in me to will and to act according to Your good purpose. Please give me eyes to see when my desires and Your desires are in perfect unison in my life. In the name of Your beloved Son Jesus I pray, AMEN.