Good Morning Friends,
“Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to
Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him. ‘What is it you
want?’ he asked. She said, ‘Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at
your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.’ ‘You don’t know what
you are asking,’ Jesus said to them. ‘Can you drink the cup I am going to
drink?’ ‘We can,’ they answered. Jesus said to them, ‘You will indeed drink
from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These
places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.’”
(Matthew 20:20-23)
The Psalmist promised, “Delight yourself in the
LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4) That sounds
like the key to getting everything out of life that I want. My wish list is a
long one: wealth, prestige, power, etc. I have to admit that I would like it
all.
Not all that I desire is something God will give
me. After all, my heart is “deceitful above all things.” (Jeremiah 17:9)
The request from the mother of James and John
is an example of heart desires that God does not grant. The request was wrong. It
was requested with a wrong spirit and wrong motivation. It was not motivated by
God and it did not come from a heart that delighted in the Lord. The request
came from the selfishness of the heart of the mother -- or perhaps of her sons --
and God said “no.”
Thank God that we don’t always get everything we
want. The world would be in even worse shape if all of us got what we wanted. However,
the more we focus on the Lord and delight in Him, the more heart surgery He
will be able to do on us. As our heart reflects His heart more and more fully,
the things we desire will be granted.
If we truly and fully delight in the Lord -- then,
He will give us the desires of our hearts!
His, by Grace, Steve
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