I WISH ___________ would happen.
I WISH ___________ wouldn't have happened.
I WISH ___________.
So you look up into the stars and ask for your
WISHES to be answered.
"Star light. Star bright.
The first star I see tonight.
I wish I may.
I wish I might.
Have the wish I wish tonight".
And then you WAIT.
And you WAIT.
And you WAIT.
You still see the twinkling star in the sky,
but wonder why your WISH isn't being answered.
But then as you look at the star,
you are amazed that there is such thing as star.
And as the amazement overwhelms you,
your WISH pales
to the greatness of the
ONE
who created the stars.
"I look up at YOUR macro-skies, dark and enormous,
YOUR handmade sky-jewelry,
Moon and stars mounted in their settings.
Then I look at my micro-self and wonder,
Why do YOU bother with us?
Why take a second look our way?"
(Psalm 8:3-4).
Oh how
GREAT IS OUR GOD
that HE cares so much about you & I,
that HE would take the time to
CREATE you & I.
We are like ants in comparison
to the twinkling stars
for where we place all our WISHES to be held.
So is it the
STAR
or the
CREATOR
who holds our WISHES?
A STAR sparkles.
But
GOD LISTENS,
as HE holds our WISHES.
And what is a WISH?
WISHES are the DESIRES of your heart.
But GOD not only hears
the DESIRES of your HEART,
but HE will give you them.
"Delight yourself in the LORD,
And HE will give you the desires and petitions of your heart"
(Psalm 37:4)
So does this mean that
GOD will grant you all your WISHES?
HMM.
FIRST THING FIRST.
"DELIGHT yourself in the LORD".
As you DELIGHT in the LORD,
HE will change your heart and DESIRES,
so that you will
DESIRE and WISH for what HE DESIRES and WISHES for you,
because HE will become your DESIRE.
And when you have
GOD,
you have all that you need!
But GOD isn't the only ONE who will you give you your
WISHES,
as JESUS tells us us the same~
"...ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you"*
So does that mean
if you ask
for whatever you WISH,
you will get all that you WISH FOR?
Hmm.
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
As JESUS tells us~
“If you ABIDE in ME, and MY words ABIDE in you,
ask whatever you WISH, and it will be done for you"
*(John 15:6-7).
"IF YOU ABIDE IN ME...
ask whatever you WISH".
ABIDING is DWELLING.
ABIDING is DELIGHTING.
And you can WISH for a pony,
but you will get more than a pony.
You will
GET JESUS
and
BEAR HIS FRUIT.
For when you have
HIS LOVE
HIS PEACE
HIS PATIENCE
HIS KINDNESS
HIS GOODNESS
HIS FAITHFULNESS
HIS GENTLENESS
HIS SELF CONTROL
you will have
HIS JOY
that fills every WISH order you place.
I can't explain it,
as it transcends all understanding.
For I do
WISH ___________ would happen.
and
I WISH ___________ wouldn't have happened
and
I WISH ___________...
But when you first
DELIGHT IN THE LORD
and
ABIDE IN JESUS,
you will always get what you NEED,
when you are wanting something else,
because
HIS FRUIT
is more than any twinkling star can offer you.
So can you still WISH?
Of course,
but to the ONE who is
THE STAR
who overshadows every other star.
JOYFUL JUNE.
READY. GET SET. GO.
DELIGHT.
ABIDE.
"DRAW ME CLOSE"
(listen to the song below)
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