Have you considered that God is saving you from the one thing you desire so much?

Is He withholding the ONE thing that you want.

I (Ruth) will be 100% real with you today. I have asked , no I have pleaded with God to give me the desire of my heart. Now this isn’t a simple request, days, weeks, months, and years have gone by and I have learned to ask in it so many different ways.

His response , each time. “Ruth, No not now.”

I don’t deal well with the word “no.”

I have tried in my own way to approach my request in a variation of ways.

I’ve tried to pray more and seek Him in my request. I have asked others who are close to me to pray with me for my request. The second way I have tried is to “be” a better Christian because in my mind I try to rationalize if I look the part, maybe I will get what I want. ( I will admit at times I have counted on the praise of others in my life more than the praise from God.)

One thing I realized…..

God is not here to grant my wishes so that I can be fulfilled or have a better life. We can’t use God or make a “wish” list of all the things we want.

I started to think about this, we can make anything an idol. Our job, relationships, money, our kids, or even a ministry that God has put on our hearts. Any “good” things can be come idols.

We can’t forget that when God isn’t number one in our lives, we become vulnerable to the enemy.

I had a relationship end and started to question why God, I am serving you, I am seeking more each day, why did you allow this to happen? Then I started to think His delay may be protection over my life, even more so the calling He has on my life.

If have to force our dream or desire, then it’s possibly that is is something that we want more than God wants for us.