When God created you, he had an image in mind. He had a life’s purpose and destiny envisioned for you, then he equipped you perfectly for it. Part of the equipping we often miss is the DESIRE for the life we were created for. That’s right, he not only makes you the right person to fulfill the image he had in mind, but he places the desires within you for that destiny.
Psalm 37:4 says the Lord will give you the desires of your heart. What if that actually means your hearts desires originate with God. Your deep core desires are a result of your Creator’s deposits within you. It was all part of his great design of YOU.
If you study enneagrams, you find we are designed so uniquely different. I’m a 7, the enthusiast. (Surprise, as if you didn’t know). I am extroverted, spontaneous optimist. I am playful, high-spirited and practical. My desires are for new and exciting experiences. And this is exactly how God made me. Why? To fulfill my purpose. This is who I needed to be to be the voice that wakes people up and inspires them to live up to their God-given potential. My desires for adventure perfectly align with my destiny of hosting BIG Life Adventure Retreats.
Study your own unique self and you too will find every detail of you is in alignment with a greater plan that excites you.
Ya’ll, God is a genius! He created you on purpose with a purpose. Your personality type, your talents, your tendencies, and your desires work together to guide you exactly where God wants you to go.
How about we stop wishing we were someone else, and start rocking exactly who we were created to be?
How about we stop settling for a watered down, lesser than, cheap imitation version of who God says we are, and rise up and start believing we are his masterpiece handcrafted for a purpose?
How about we start trusting God knows exactly what he is doing and we partner with his plan?
How about we stop giving up when it gets hard and believe God has made a way for us to not only survive, but thrive.
Here’s the problem, when things get tough, we start looking around at what we want RIGHT NOW and we settle for that immediate gratification, sacrificing what we want MOST.
What do you want most? What are your deepest desires? Those desires are there as a guide to the life you were created for.
What do you want right now? Is it in conflict with what you want most? Typically it is.
You most want a strong healthy body. But dang a doughnut followed by a nap sounds pretty ahhh-mazing, doesn’t it?
You most want a fulfilling and successful career. But the leap required to get there is scary, so the security of what you have now is good enough for today.
You most want a healthy thriving relationship. But that doesn’t seem to be knocking on your door, so you’ll settle for what there is just so you’re not alone.
Do you see how the offerings of ease, comfort and security are often in complete contradiction to your deepest desires? And do you see how ease, comfort and security are tools the enemy uses most on us? Honey, if he can’t defeat you, he will settle for detouring you. He would love to take you to Hell with him, but if he can’t have your soul, he will fight for your purpose. He will attack your destiny.
How does he fight? Not always with the scary demons and fiery darts we imagine, no he often fights with freaking nap times that turn into lazy, unlived days. He fights with temptations that derail your progress, defeat your willpower and leave you convinced something is wrong with you and you’ll never change. He battles with offerings of false security that make you think a guaranteed paycheck is better than the uncertainty of the future you dream of. He offers what isn’t quite right, but it’s right now, so you settle.
And this is what kills our potential.