Focused Desire

It sometimes seems that we have only to love a thing greatly to get it.

Robert Collier, American Writer, publisher

Luke 7:47-50
"For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little." Then He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven." Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?" And He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." NASU

William Book once stated that a man must “earnestly want.” To me again it is a statement of desire, for to earnestly want is to greatly desire something. To greatly desire something is to place our full and unflinching attention on acquiring on attaining something. It occupies our every thought and overcomes every other desire that would get in the way of us attaining our goal.

So, from this we can begin to understand why we are not getting all of God that we can enjoy, it is because we do not “greatly desire Him.” We allow our full attention to be diverted to other things, and we are not willing to fully commit ourselves to Christ regardless of the cost, we have not fully invested and focused all of our desires, or our life in Him.

In this story in Luke, a plain village woman takes everything she has and invests it wisely on her Saviors feet. They say this ointment was of great price, and not only did she take of what she had, but of who she was, and she invested it all, ignoring the self-righteous comments of all those around her. She focused her desires and found forgiveness and great love at the feet of her Savior…let’s follow her…God Bless.

Pastor William