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| “What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.” |
| —Proverbs 10:24 |
“How does a person get what he or she really wants in life?” The guest speaker at the convention of adult training experts caused a hush to fall over the room. “You just take it!” A few people began to applaud. Soon, the entire room full of people had risen to their feet to give the guest speaker a standing ovation. But, the speaker was wrong.
The only true way to get what one wants in life does not come from a preemptive taking. It comes from living a life worthy of receiving what one desires. And, only through faith in God and devotion to Him can any human hope to live a worthy life.
Notice what King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 10:24:
What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
Righteousness precedes the granting of desires. Obedience to God’s will and His written Word gives a believer the opportunity to receive from God the desires of that one’s heart.
As we begin another new day, let’s determine to follow the pathway of obedience, knowing that it leads to us receiving the deepest desires of our hearts. When we live totally in sync with God’s perfect will, His desires for us become our desires. And, that’s the best possible place for us to be in this life.
