Psalms 20:1-4 -- On Getting What We Want

"The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel."
Psalms 20:1-4


Not all of this applies to us, since we don't do burnt sacrifice anymore, but we still sacrifice in other ways, so I think it still fits. I love the idea of God hearing (and helping) us, especially in a day of trouble, but the "grant thee according to thine own heart" part made me pause. Maybe sometimes that's not ideal, because getting what we want is sometimes the worst kind of curse, when we want something that is supremely bad for us. ... And that is a lot of life, where we bounce between what we want and the fact that God knows that we can be so much more, and find higher and infinitely cooler desires, if we would only follow him.

Today, let's try to trust God a little more and ourselves a little less in terms of who we aspire to be and the desires of our hearts. Getting what we want can be dangerous, so let's take a step back and seek the Lord's will rather than our own, so that when the Lord blesses us according to our own hearts that we get better and not worse. :)