Desire

Posted by Timothy

August 10, 2008

I was reading about the role of “desire” and how having a burning desire is the first step.

It is a basic concept which I had read years ago, but I see that I hae difficulty in the application. In having the tenacity, and the daily passion, to just focus and define that desire.

And then, of course, what should that desire be?

I know that the easy answer, the Christian-ese answer, is that the one and only desire is for God. But in this blog, I want to explore the reality and struggle and real-life application of what that means and see how it manifests.

My desire right now is to have financial, relational, and spiritual abundance. My desire is to see my Internet start-up blossom and yield me a financial gain of $50M. My desire is to be able to impact hundreds, if not thousands of people, who would not otherwise come to know God and the community of believers.

I have started to write it down in this blog, in addition to my own journal and notebook, as part of an ongoing dialogue.

So what are healthy desires? Are these “bad” because they are on something other than God?

For sure, part of this journey is to get into a mindset whereby placing God first, the desires we want first become shaped and filtered.

Ephesians 2:3: “All o fus also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like th erest, we were nature objects of wrath.”

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