‘O Truth, how the deepest marrow of my mind aches for You!’ - Augustine
I am not always aware of my desires and expectations until they go unmet. Whether your dreams or plans, hopes, or careers have been put on pause or completely collapsed, we have all been marked by unmet desires, expectations, and longings in 2020.
We could perceive COVID-19 as an interruption, or an invitation to allow God to purify and clarify our desires. Some of our desires are God-given – to provide for our families, to use the gifts He has given, to steward-well what He has entrusted. And some of our desires have been co-opted by sin, self, and culture. No desire is hidden from Him: ‘O Lord, all my longing is before You; my sighing is not hidden from You.’ – Psalm 38:9
And through His Word our desires are weighed: ‘For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.’ – Hebrews 4:12
Welcome the interruption that allows the Spirit to remind our hearts: ‘You open Your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.’ - Psalm 145:16
Lord, we look to You, give us a desire for righteousness greater than we desire the stability of career, and fulfilled earthly expectations. All our desires are only a shadow of what our souls truly long for – You alone. Thank You, that in You we are satisfied. In Christ's name, amen.
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