Desire Is Essential for Success

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!” (Isaiah 5: 20, 21).

In other words “Confusion comes and people are discombobulated.” 

In case you missed it, that means confused, embarrassed, upset, broken, or mixed up. Are we there yet?

There is an optional lifestyle. It is to “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4).

If you delight yourself in the Lord that means you are pleased to do His will. Hence, God and you have the same desire. God is not going to let His will go undone. Remember now you and God have the same will at this point. When His will and your delight are the same the result is the desire of your heart is done. It is the good life.

Knowing and doing God’s will is the most fulfilling and satisfying lifestyle.

Why fight against yourself by refusing to do God’s will?

Prayer is best when our desire and His will are synonymous. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you” (John 15: 7).

Desire and “do” are ideally aligned when God’s will is involved. Scripture warns “…but now you also must complete the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to desire it, so there also may be a completion out of what you have” (II Corinthians 8: 11).

Consider this illustration. Six frogs were on a log. One jumped in. Another decided to follow. Next, two decided to jump in. How many frogs were left on the log? Five, the first jumped in but the others just decided to jump in, but never did.

God has a desire, will that is, regarding your salvation, and is clear about it. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3: 9).

Some translations use the word “desire” instead of “willing.” That is, He does not desire for anyone not to be saved and enjoy heaven. His desire is for all to be saved. To not be saved one has to deny His desire for them. It is hard to find anything about that verse that supports any form of Calvinistic predestination.

“The starting point of all success is desire” wrote Napoleon Hill. If you want to be a diligent fulfilled Christian may your desire to be very strong. Do it.