Heart's Desire

Heart's Desire

February 4, 2025

Psalm 73:25-28 Whom have I in heaven but You? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside You. My flesh and my heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

Psalm 73 is a testimony of Asaph grieving over the prosperity of the wicked. As he struggles with his anger towards this injustice, he cries out to God for understanding and finds victory over his envy. He begins to understand God's purpose.

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon complains that all life is vanity. 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

If you know about Solomon's life, you know that he had everything anyone could want in the world. Yet he found that it was all weariness and vexing to his spirit. He saw all wickedness and misery; the more he understood this, the more he lamented and mourned.

Realizing that nothing in this world can truly satisfy is very painful. Draw near to the One who knows your heart, knows your every need, and you will never want for a thankful heart towards Him. To draw near to God is our wisdom, honor, safety, peace, and riches.

There is nothing desirable except God; let us desire only Him. All other things must pass away; let our hearts abide in Him, who alone abides forever.

Turn from the glitter of wealth and honor that fascinates to true gold of peace found in the presence and love of God.

"Whatever weakens your reasoning, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes away your relish for spiritual things, in short—if anything increases the authority and the power of the flesh over the Spirit, that to you becomes sin however good it is in itself.” Susanna Wesley

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