Praying Through the Psalms Day 198 Psalm 21:2 For you have given him his heart’s desire; you have withheld nothing he requested. Truth of the Day God really does give us the desires of our heart Personalizing This Truth

Praying Through the Psalms Day 198

Psalm 21:2
For you have given him his heart’s desire;
you have withheld nothing he requested.

Truth of the Day
God really does give us the desires of our heart

Personalizing This Truth
I know there have been so many times in my life that I had wanted something very much and prayed for it very

hard, yet God never gave me what I wanted or prayed for. It often made me question those verses that God promised to give the desires of our heart. Was that just a promise He gives to Super Saints or was I not good enough to be able to pray for my desires and God would answer them? Or were these just poetic sayings in the Bible that really did not mean what they appeared to mean?

However, the more I thought through these statements all the while seeking God as to what He meant by them, the more clear it became that He truly did answer the desires of my heart, but not necessarily the exact thing I was asking for. God looks beyond my words and thoughts and into my heart. He sees what my heart really desires and He answers that. He has never promised to answer the desires of my thoughts. It is always my deepest and truest motivations that He answers.

Prayer
Father God, my prayer is that I will learn to make my desires equal to Your desires. I don’t want to desire anything that it not what You desire for me. Therefore, I want to make a part of my prayer life be petitioning You to full the desires of Your heart in my life as they become part of my truest and deepest desires. Lord, help me to see that what I ask for, despite my thoughts to the contrary, may not truly be what I desire. Give me the wisdom to know the difference between what my flesh desires and what my heart desires. For I know that You will only answer the desires of my heart.