Be Careful What You Wish For

My mom once told me she hates the old adage "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it." She said she hated it because she got everything she ever wished for (which was my dad, myself, and my sisters... awww) and she loves her life.

Well, what if what you have always wished for is not really what you have always wanted?

That is the point I want to bring to you today, 'cause guess what? After a summer full of 100-degree days, I wished for cooler weather and cooler weather is exactly what I got. Last week it was in the nineties all week and yesterday the temperature was barely in the sixties and it rained all day. That was NOT what I wanted.

Because I want to be comfortable. My wish is not for warmer or cooler weather, my wish is to be comfortable. 

We do that to God all the time. We wish for a closer relationship with him, but not too close. We pray for growth in our church, but not too much growth. We pray for His will in our lives, but only if it complies to what we want because we want to be comfortable. We don't want anything to disrupt the good thing we have going.

However, God is on the other end of our prayers saying "I dare you to do something out of your comfort zone, I dare you to pray my will in your life, see where it takes you!" 

One of my favorite verses says "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 This doesn't mean, pray and God will give you what you want. If you are really delighting yourself in the Lord, your desires will become the same desires that He has for you.

So yeah, maybe my mom was right. Throw care to the wind and wish for the cooler weather, but when you get it, don't be upset if you experience a little discomfort. Chances are, you are exactly where you want to be.