Desire over Obedience

 
 
God spoke to me about the power of desire and that it can direct us into great things on our path with God, or lead us off the path to high frustration.  He pointed out to me that many desire what they do not have instead of desiring what they do have, or they desire what they cannot have, and because of this, they do not finish what they have started, which leads them off their path.  It might not lead you right off the path but just to the shoulder.  When this happens, you will find yourself taking a deep breath trying to find out what happened, which means you are now standing still.  That is what leads us away from our walk with God because God is always moving and we are to stay running with Him.
 
Desire is rooted in feelings while obedience is rooted in faith.  Most are not walking in obedience because their passion does not line up with what they are called to do or they desire something else.  I am not talking about craving sin or something against God.  I am talking about righteous things, great things of God and many have yet to come.  Our walk with God is about obedience not about desire.  Do not get me wrong, desire in its self is not wrong but will lead you in a different direction if it is not lined up with obedience. Because obedience is rooted in faith, it needs to be stronger than a desire, not the other way around.
 
Here is an example; God has spoken to you about an element of your calling, and you get excited about it, which is an excellent thing.  You begin to walk this out because you have a passion for walking with God in this fashion and being obedient to what God has spoken to you.  A few weeks or months go by, and then you begin to lose the desire to keep doing this because at that moment you are not seeing fruit or any benefit to what you are doing.  So you slowly begin to allow desire to guide you away and no longer become obedient to what God has spoken to you to do.
 
I share this example with you because I have done this over and over again, so I know how it feels and what it does to one’s walk with God.  The hardest thing about walking through something like this is not knowing what the issues are and continually making them over and over again.  God had taught me the power of desire early on in my walk and how to bring things to Earth that are in Heaven.  The problem with this was I began to use the desire for my gain instead of for the Kingdom of God.  It was so subtle that I was not aware of it.  Just like a frog in water.
 
Let me say this, and you will not want to hear it, but the stronger the encounter (revelation), the harder this will be.  You might say, “if only an angel brought me this revelation, then it would be easy to walk it out” It would be harder.  “What if I had an open vision?” It would be harder.  “What if I saw God face to face?” It would be harder, harder, harder.  What happens within the encounter is that our emotions get caught up in the moment and once that moment disappears so do our emotions within time.  This is different for everyone, but if you are wired by God to be a feeler, you will find this challenging.
 
Let’s take a look at what it means to desire in the moment, which is what God was pointing out to me.  God kept it simple for me.  He stated that when he gives me something referring to revelation, that I am not to look to the right or left but to stay focused on the task ahead.  The moment I start looking right or left I begin to see what God has others doing and then my desire towards my responsibility begins to move onto someone else task.  Then within the time I will stop doing what I started and start trying to do somebodies function that was not assigned to me.
 
If you find that this has happened to you, and you have lost your desire to finish what God has started? Then you need to spend some time getting right with God on this issue and moving back to the task.  If you do this, you will find that desire will show back up.  Remember desire is a feeling that needs to support obedience, not the other way around, which is a big issue in the prophetic circles because if you do not like the revelation given to you, you go and get another prophetic revelation, and this is rooted in selfishness.  For most of us, the last thing we need is another prophetic word but to fulfil the ones that we carry now.  If we do this, then we would not have to worry about our desire getting off focus from what God has called us to do.
 
Stand in faith and keep your eyes focused on what God wants you doing and fruit will follow.  God always stays true to His Word in His Timing.

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