"And the Spirit said unto me: Behold, what desirest thou?"
1 Nephi 11:2
Reading this today it struck me what a profound question this is, and I don't think that we always know the answer. Even when we do, sometimes what we desire isn't compatible with the gospel, and we need to learn to evolve our desires, or sometimes how to satisfy them in righteous ways.
Significantly, God wants us to be able to fulfil our desires, and if we figure out what we want and we work for it in concert with the Lord, then we're likely to get it. Sometimes we get it and realize it isn't really what we wanted, or we run into a conflict with something we want more. For instance, what if it is your dream job but you have to work 80 hours a week? Worth it or not? And the answers to those trade offs can be different for each person, because part of the test of life is losing things that we value, and part is setting priorities and finding out for ourselves what the most important things are to us.
Today, let's think about what desires we are working towards, and whether those are really the goals that we want to be working towards long-term. Let's talk to God about where our lives are going and the true desires of our hearts, and then let him help us refine those goals and work towards something even better.
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