YOUR HEART’S DESIRE

Psalm 20:4-5 NLT May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.
May the Lord answer all your prayers.

When someone says something to us twice we know they’re trying to get our attention and we should be listening!😊 Well in the past few days I have been given Psalm 20 twice and I had the same thought, “I need to listen!” So what is God saying to us because His word is for all of us, not just for the odd one or two! 

We all have heart’s desires, things we are praying for, whether it’s for relations to be saved, health issues, family situations to be turned around or maybe as in our case for moving house, but they are all the desires of our hearts and God knows every one of them.😊

It’s interesting the psalmist prays that God won’t just give them their heart’s desire, but will also make all their plans succeed. That implies we need to have some specific plans in place before God can bring them about! Are they His plans or our plans? God is not vague, in fact when He gave Moses the design plans for the tabernacle they were incredibly specific.

We know we’re called to be imitators of God so what are our specific plans and desires? Have we written them down like it says to do in Habakkuk 2:2-3(NKJV), so we know exactly what we’re believing for, what our heart’s desire is? 

If we’re sick, our heart’s desire will be for total restoration, not a half hearted job. We need to ‘see’ ourselves well, with maybe a photo of us when we were healthy so we know what we’re aiming for. “Thank You Lord, You want me whole and well and Your word says by Jesus wounds I was healed. Thank You it’s manifesting moment by moment, even when I can’t see or feel it yet.”😊

If we are dealing with family upsets, we need a picture in our head of them all getting on well, not just ‘O God, help my family”. I believe the Lord wants us to be specific, to speak positive words over them.“Thank You Lord You are bringing restoration and reconciliation to the family. Thank You Lord You are healing the hurts and building bridges. You’re bringing the desires of my heart.” 

When we do that we’re showing God our faith, that we’re trusting Him to fulfil His promises and give us the desires of our hearts knowing He wants us to prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers. Thank You Lord. Amen.😊

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GOD DOESN’T MAKE MISTAKES

Hebrews 12:2 NLT We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

I was looking for some information and came across a comment underneath the answer - ‘AI responses may include mistakes.’ I’m so glad they admitted it because AI doesn’t always get it right!😊 

As I was thinking on that I realised afresh that our God does not make mistakes which is so reassuring. We all make mistakes from time to time including doctors and politicians, but not God!😊 

When God made you and me He didn’t make a mistake. When He chose you and called you He didn’t make a mistake. When Jesus died for us all He didn’t make a mistake either because He was looking forward to the joy set before Him. He saw the end result of His suffering which would be for each one of us who have chosen to put our trust in Him to be forgiven and brought into God’s family. Thank God!

God thought each one of us was worth dying for, and though we may make some mistakes His grace is so powerful that it’s strong enough to turn them around for our good when we love the Lord and are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28). What a wonderful God is our God! 

Jesus dying on the Cross probably looked like a mistake to those watching and the enemy thought he’d destroyed Him but scripture tells us not to go by what things look like! The end result was a glorious victory for our God and even though we may be tempted to look at some things in our lives and think God has maybe made a mistake, take heart because God knows the end from the beginning and He has a glorious victory for us on its way.😊

So as we go into our new week let’s keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter what is going on, or not going on in our lives at the moment. Be encouraged to know God’s ways and thoughts are not like ours but they’re far higher, far reaching, and they are totally motivated by His love for us and He doesn’t make mistakes.😊

Thank You Lord. Amen.

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