Are You Ready For Your Heart's Desires?

“Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.”-anon

"You change your life by changing your heart.”-anon

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”-Ghandi

People in general live in a vacuum called "want". As soon as they get one thing, they want another. Some people hoped and wished for a higher-paying job and then after they got that job, they set their eyes on another one. Some people want a new car, a new house, or a new relationship yet when they get those "heart-felt" desires, the satisfaction lasts for only fleeting moments.

There are some desires that outweigh others, like finding that someone special or having children. For some people these type of desires are not so easily manifested. Nonetheless, these desires drive their conversations, attitudes, opinions and outlook on life. They may feel that if they had this "missing link" that their lives would somehow be fulfilled or so blissfully happy.

Nonetheless, desire alone does not make a person a qualified candidate for fulfillment of certain desires. Just because your 13 year old son wants a car doesn't make him qualified, skilled, or mature enough to drive or maintain a vehicle. Nonetheless, adults sometimes fall into an array of delusion to think because they want something that they should have it (even if they are not qualified).

For example, you may want a child but are you qualified to provide for that child physically, financially, emotionally, or psychologically? Would you do more harm than good? Parenting is not a hundred-dash but a marathon. You may want the spouse of your dreams. Nonetheless, are you qualified to be the spouse of her or his dreams? What are you bringing to the table? Lopsided relationships are draining and lead to failure. Low self-esteem, selfishness,inflexibility, financial imprudence, lack of communication, promoscuity, are all impediments one can bring into their "dream" and thus turning it into a nightmare for the other person.

Are you truly ready for the manfiestation of your heart's desires? Are you ready to maintain that larger house, pay for that higher car note, be that role model for that child, or assume the extra responsibility and visibility with that new position?

One of the worse feelings is to have that manifestation actualize and you find yourself ill-equipped to receive and enjoy it to the fullest. Life is about preparation. While you are in one season in your life, you should always be preparing for the next season. Don't let your emotions get you sidetracked. What you are experiencing today is temporary, so don't get caught up with all the drama life brings. If you do, you will be caught off guard when God brings your heart's desires. You won't be able to appreciate them like you should. Stay focused. That's why the bible admonishes us to look up toward the hill...stay focus on the prize and not all the distractions and nuisances of life.