About six or seven years ago I first heard someone say to me that God wanted to give me the desires of my heart.  A group of us were at a small group at the Timmon’s house.  After we finished praying, Tim looked at me, and said, “God has told me to tell you that God’s going to give me the desires of your heart in ministry.”  Not knowing what to say, I stuttered, “Thank you.” Mr. Smith, a wonderfully unique former missionary said, “Steve, I heard the same thing.”

And now, just yesterday, I stood in front of Team Church Lancaster County and proclaimed, “God wants to give you the desires of your heart.“  God’s word says it plainly in Ps. 37.  But, just like I had a hard time believing my “prophets,” I’m sure that the listeners in the AJ Rec building Sunday had a hard time accepting that it’s okay to believe God really does want to give His best to His people.

I’ll be honest with you…even now I still find it hard to trust God that He wants to bless me, and you may too.  But listen to what Scripture says (The whole purpose of this message series is to give up our perspective and take on God’s):

In Malachi 3:10, God literally dares you to believe Him to pour out the blessing of heaven so that you can’t even contain it! And in the New Testament, Eph. 3:20 says that God is superabundantly able to supply far over and above our grandest desires.

All this adds up to mean that God is serious about proving that He will use the stuff we ask for to get our attention. If you dare to believe this, then  get up everyday this week  and say, “God thank you for what you have given me…thank you for what you have in store for me.  I know that you want the absolute best for me.”

Psalm 5:3

³ In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.