Be honest for a minute. Have you ever looked around you and thought “how on earth is (so and so) getting what seems to be crazy blessings while walking out of the will of God, but here I am trying to walk the Christian path and be obedient to God and I’m not getting any of that” or something along those lines?
If I’m honest this thought has crossed my mind multiple times in life. Sometimes when I am not in the right perspective I look around me and see people who I know for a fact know what they are doing is wrong yet they have the nice house with a built-in pool in the backyard, the nice cars, the fun weekend trips out of town, and so on. Or even people who may or may not know what they’re doing or have done to others is wrong and they have the husband and the kids and whatever else.
When I shift my perspective (which seems to be a recurring thing in my life these past few weeks in many areas), I am more able and ready to see that for those who do not walk with the Lord, and know Him as Savior, this is their heaven.
This is the best it is going to get for them.
When I stop and recognize that, I not only want so much more for them, but I am able to see that I don’t really ultimately want the house with the pool, the nice cars, the fun getaways, the husband, the kids, the whatever else.
The desires of my heart are awesome, they are valid, they are worth pursuing, if I’m pursuing them with God by my side.
When I can recognize that my Heaven is still to come, I am able to see that my reward for my efforts of walking the Christian path and being obedient to God are knowing Jesus better, growing closer to Jesus, walking the path He wants for all of us.
My reward is bigger than any dream wedding or any dream family!
Do I still long for the desires of my heart? Absolutely! Does this mean none of them will come true? Not necessarily. I don’t know and I can’t know. But I do know that I would much rather focus on Jesus and all that He has for me in His good and perfect will, so that
“the way [I] live will always honor and please the Lord, and [my life] will produce every kind of good fruit.” – Colossians 1:10
