(Below is a guest post from Jon Sanders. Jon serves as the Lead Pastor of The RESCUE Church, a multi-site church with a huge vision for reaching rural communities for Jesus Christ. You can connect with Jon @ jonsanders.org)
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” – Psalm 37:4
I was recently reminded of this verse as I was serving with a team of people from The RESCUE Church on a trip to our campus in Deeside, Jamaica.
Now I’m sure what I’m about to say next will sound very minor and insignificant, but here goes…
- I LOVE kickball! (It’s ok. You can laugh at me. I still love playing the game of kickball and I’m not ashamed to say it out loud!)
- I love palm trees!
- I love to travel!
So here I was…having TRAVELED to Jamaica…surrounded by PALM TREES…playing KICKBALL with a bunch of great kids…when it dawned on me again that I truly serve a GOOD GOD who rewards those who seek after Him and loves to give us the desires of our hearts!
I think that so often we wrongly believe that if we give full surrender to the Lord that He will make us do the very things we hate the most…that following Christ will mean giving up everything we love.
But over and over again God has proven Himself to be faithful and GOOD to me as I have followed Him. Sure, there have been times that He has led me way out of my comfort zone and I have given certain things up in order to follow His leading in my life, but what I’m learning is the more I seek Him and truly follow Him, the more my desires align with His desires…and then He gives me the desires of my heart!
So let me encourage you to seek after God with ALL of your heart today…and tomorrow…and the next day…and for the rest of this year…and next year…and the year after that…and watch what happens in your life. You may just look up one day and realize that you’re playing kickball as palm trees blow in the breeze nearby!
If you want to watch a video recap of our most recent trip to Deeside, Jamaica check this out:
Tyler Ramsbey 