What are you longing for? Do you know? Have you ever stopped to really think about that? Maybe you are longing for a dream job, a dream family, a dream vacation or a dream house.
Too often we long for ideal circumstances, situations or relationships. We easily forget that Christ is ideal. He is our goal. He is our prize. He is our aim.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12
I recently attended a Living Proof Live with Beth Moore and this was the theme verse. The whole event centered on ‘longing’. It was kind of a rough topic for me. I don’t know that I have ever really fully addressed what I am longing for. I came to the conclusion that I either had once known what I longed for and forgotten it or I have never really known. It may even be a combination of the two.
Beth described this ‘longing’ as a type of need as opposed to a desire that is simply a want.
It is a hard thing to go through life with unmet longings but the most important thing to remember is that God wants to fulfill every one of those longings with Himself first and His blessings second.
Some of our longings will be met here on earth, but all of them will be met in heaven.” -Beth Moore
Can I get an Amen?!
Be encouraged! If you have an unfulfilled longing, trust that in God’s timing and in God’s way, He will be faithful to you.
What is the unmet longing in your life?
Do you trust that God will fulfill it? Why or why not?
Karina
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Karina, this definitely hits me where I’m at. I’ve got a couple things on my “longing” list that seem to be surfacing over and over in my heart, but recently God reminded me via my pastor’s Sunday message, that I need to most long for a closer walk with Him. (Wish I could have gone to that conference too!)
Hey Shirley! Sorry it has taken me so long to respond!
The conference was amazing!!!! You should get the DVD of it!
That is my heart too, a closer walk with Him. I am realizing that when that falls into place, all other longings will too.
Thank you for sharing! Be blessed!
I love Beth Moore. She really can talk to you and get you to understand things. For me I am longing to please God. I know this may sound crazy, but I tend to be harder on myself than God is. I always feel like I have to try harder, do more, worker harder, and that is when I would be pleasing to God. I have come to learn that this is not the case. God loves us always. I think once I give up this ideal that I have in my head, is when I we start to see things the way God does and some of the promises to me will be fulfilled.
Sophia,
That does not sound crazy at all! I expect for unbelievers not to have a desire to please God but recently I have seen to many Christians that are so focused on themselves and their wants that they the no longer desire to please God. It breaks my heart!
I am learning to trust Him and trust that just being in His presence pleases Him. The “doing” comes out of that “resting”. That is when our actions please Him.
When our focus is solely on seeking Christ, our longings are always met in Him.
Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you!
Karina,
Love this reminder of how our deepest longings are met in Christ….Thank you 🙂
Dolly, you are so welcome! That is a needed reminder for us all!!!
Be blessed!
I definitely do and He will fulfill it! My dream is to preach God’s Word. I’m practicing hard by blogging and teaching Sunday School, and I know that one day He’ll open the door!! 🙂 Loved your post and found you through Titus2Tuesday.
What a great encouragement and reminder for all of us! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this, Karina! Such a great quote from Beth Moore- I haven’t heard that before and I think that is so important. I think we tend to look at our needs in sort of an immediate gratification sort of way instead of focusing on God and looking at Him to fulfill us now or later 🙂 Such a good reminder!
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