"What do you want me to do for you?" Luke 18:41a
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
“Nothing dictates our lives like our desires.” – Beth Moore
“Beneath the desires of my heart is the heart of my desire.” – Beth Moore
In the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Captain Jack Sparrow carries a compass. Unlike any other, this compass doesn’t lead to destination, it leads to satisfaction. Captain Jack explains, “It points to the thing you want the most.”
What do you really want? Your heart laid in your hand, what would your compass reveal as the desire of your heart?
Like the chest that contained the captain’s heart (Pirates 2), we bury our hearts, our desires, our hopes, our passions in the details of our days. We long for a passionate love relationship with God and with others, but slowly the sands of life bury us deeper and deeper from true life.
“How do I dig out my heart?” John Eldredge notes, “’How’ is God’s department; ‘what’ is His question for me.” He continues, “The way towards true life is not abandoning my desire, but entering more deeply into the heart’s longings.”
There will be stormy seas and shipwrecked relationships. There will be false maps and betraying voices. There is much examination and discernment as to the heart of God and the deceptive desires. The truest treasure is found in the love relationship with my Captain, and He charts my way from the helm of my heart.
Where does the compass lead? What do I really want?
Bonus: Desire by John Eldredge. If you dare venture...make this your next read.
Enjoy Him, Michelle mlpack1@yahoo.com
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