“Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust in him and he will do this.” (Psalm 37:4,5)
The following is an excerpt from a sermon by Charles Surgeon in 1862. Amazing how a message from 150 years ago is still relevant today!
“And look at many of you! When you were apprentices, the desire of your heart was to be journeymen. Well, when you became journeymen, what then? You wanted to be masters, and set up in trade for yourselves! Well, you have set up in trade, and got on pretty well; have you the desires of your heart? Oh, no; that has gone on a little further. Now, you are waiting till you have brought up this large family of yours, and then, when you have your children started in life, you are looking out for a villa in the suburbs where you can retire, and spend the rest of your days! And, some of you have the villa in the country, and have wound up your business affairs; have you the desires of your heart yet? Well, not quite yet; there is still something else that you need.’
“Ah, yes – getting the desires of a man’s heart is like chasing a phantom! It is here, there, and everywhere – now on the hill, now down in the valley; you leap down on it, and it is away again on the next hill, and then on the next; and you find your chase is fruitless! Satisfaction in this world is like the diamond which the fool sees lying at the foot of the rainbow. So he runs after it, and as he runs, the rainbow is ever in the distance, and he can never find what he expected. If you would have the desires of your heart, delight in your God! Give Him your love! Give Him your heart! Plunge deep into this stream, and you shall have all that you can wish for; the desires of your heart to the full extent shall be granted.”
(Charles Spurgeon, http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols7-9/chs454.pdf)
How true this is – are we ever truly happy with where we are? I know I am among those who can keep looking for the next, rather than being content with the present. If you can admit this, then take time this morning to enjoy the view and be satisfied.
Dead Man Walking 
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