God Gives Us the Desires of our Hearts

         "God will give you the true desires of your heart, not your emotions and only He knows those true desires so look at and follow Him." 
         I've been learning the differences between getting the desires of our hearts and listening to our emotions. There is a big difference and it is easy to tell but yet hard to do. At times, it could be hard too because sometimes we could not understand our desires or our emotions does not go with the desires that God has for us and in the way He could be leading us. We might not know that the desires of our hearts are really the desires until much later. Our emotions are so strong that they could take us over without us knowing it. We could look to them as a guide leading us the wrong way. Instead of looking to God to lead us the right way. 
           When we look to our emotions as our guide, we take our eyes off of God. Now, don't get me wrong it is okay to feel and have the emotions. It is just how we handle them is the problem. We will sin out of a certain emotion like anger or will we give that anger to God and let Him teach us what He needs to to make us stronger for Him. Emotions can be good for us because we can learn a lot about how God made us and what He wants from us.
          Emotions are tricky too. You have to sit down and think about them. There are a lot of emotions. We aren't just angery or happy or sad or excited but there is a whole list of them when you take the time to think and look at them. Why do I feel this way? What made me feel this way? How can I solve this problem or situation to make me feel another way? 
          God gave us emotions to feel and be different from all His other creations but He also gave us desires of our hearts. He gave us a path to follow for Him. We can get so mad sometimes because our desires do not match up with God's desires for us but we know that He knows us better then we know ourselves. There is a verse that says, "God will give us the desires of our hearts if we will trust in Him". It is true. God will line up our emotions and desires if we seek Him in everything. If we look to God for everything and trust in Him then things should fall into place. Yes, it might not be easy at first but things you really want (desires) are not easy to get because then they wouldn't be worth anything to you. It means more if you have to work for it and trust more. Desires are like the things you are passionate about and love to do. You are passionate about those things in your hearts because you love them and sometimes even what to make a difference in that way. 
            I always like to think about it like emotions are those things in our mind and head that we can only feel for a little time but the desires are what we feel in our hearts where God lives. Desires are the things we cannot stop feeling no matter how hard we try to not feel them. 

CHALLENGE:  Look to God for the desires of your heart. That feeling in your heart. Don't look at your emotions. Those feelings in your mind and if you find yourself looking at emotions turn them over to God. He will fix them the way they are suppose to be.