We desire the Divine
and seek to be satisfied
yet the desires we have draw us away from the Divine
this is called sin
We desire what we do not really desire
and what we desire we do not desire
because we believe that our desires are found in what we desire
when they are not. They are lies
this is why we are so lost and fallen.
14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death
James 1:14-15
All desire not born of faith is evil.
We desire what is not of God thinking it is of God
and so we then decline into a sinful state where our affections are placed on something unworthy of it.
Then when what we desire does not fulfill our desire we in desperation
seek something else and so the cycle continues moving onto another lie.
SO how do you find your true desire? (That is a connection with the Divine)
Only by faith. For we are so lost that we cannot come to a conclusion to the truth in our fallenness so we MUST believe it in faith
In desperation we call upon the name of the Lord
That is when he delivers us through Jesus by His grace!
Then when we are delivered we renew our vows to seek Him.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart
Psalm 37:4
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:5
The question is: How do we delight ourselves in the Lord?
By knowing and experiencing who He is through faith by His Word and by the power of the Spirit
As we understand who He is we find satisfaction in it and so we seek more
As we seek more our faith increases
As our faith increases we change by what we know about Him
As we change we take action in light of what we know about Him to be true
As we take action He responds
Now once we have tasted and seen that the Lord is good we understand that only He can satisfy us. Yet the sinful desire still lives in us and that is what we must fight through as believers! The Lord does provide His grace for us to fight! Each step that we take towards Him, He walks with us and provides us the strength to do it! (Ephesians 1:3, John 15:7-8)
So before we were dead in our transgressions
but now we are alive
but as living beings we need to learn to MOVE
We have already been given the strength to do so
We just need to actually DO IT, to walk in that freedom, encourage other believers to walk in that freedom and be encouraged by fellow believers who have learned to move parts of their body we aren't able to yet.
