Four Categories of Desire (2)

‘He shall give you the desires of your heart.’ Psalm 37:4 NKJV

The desire to achieve: The first thing God said to Adam was, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and have dominion.’ (Genesis 1:28 NKJV) The reason you have such a strong desire to accomplish something in life is because God created you to ‘do it’. Few people were more motivated by achievement than Paul: ‘My life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus.’ (Acts 20:24 NLT) God didn’t take away Paul’s desire to achieve; He harnessed it so Paul could fulfil God’s will. A strong career drive accompanied by the desire to learn and achieve can be good things—unless they lead to workaholism, worshipping status, neglecting prayer, and manipulating other people. When that happens, you need to re-evaluate your motivation.

But if that’s not the case and you find yourself growing in God with a fire inside you to accomplish something—go forth and achieve. Exercise dominion! Use your ability to accomplish good things for others. At that point, whether you’re contributing to a meeting, adding value to a team, or formulating ideas, you’ll know it’s more than just you. When you develop relational skills that enable you to bond with clients and associates, you can simultaneously pray for them and bless them. As you experience joy in your achievements, your life is pleasing to God. A word of advice: every now and then, remember to stop and thank Him that you get to do something you love!

愿望的四种类型（2）

“他就将你心里所求的赐给你。” 诗篇37:4

实现愿望：神对亚当说的第一件事就是，“要生养众多，遍满地面，治理这地。”（创世纪1：28）在你的生活中，你之所以会对做某件事有着强烈的愿望是因为神创造你就是为了去做那件事。很少有人比使徒保罗更加被想要实现愿望所驱动了：“我却不以性命为念，也不看为宝贵，只要行完我的路程，成就我从主耶稣所领受的职事，证明神恩惠的福音。”（使徒行传20:24）神并没有挪去保罗要实现的愿望；相反，神掌管着保罗的愿望，并最终使保罗能够实现神的旨意。由对学习和实现愿望而驱动的职业是件好事儿——除非它们让你变成工作狂、崇拜地位、忽视祷告和操纵他人。当这种情况发生时，你需要重新评估你的愿望。

但如果不是这种情况，你会发现神好像在你里面放下一团火，驱使你去达成一些事情——不断前进并最终实现。尝试用神赐给你的“治理”能力吧！用你的能力为别人做点好的事情。在这一点上，无论你是在为某个会议做贡献、或者为某个团队增加价值，还是制定想法，你都会发现，这里面不仅仅是你自己（言外之意是：还有神在帮助你）。当你培养了建立关系的能力，使你能够与客户和同事好好相处，你还可以为他们祷告并祝福他们。当你在实现愿望的过程中经历喜悦的时候，你的生命也是神所喜悦的。给你一个忠告：时不时地，记住停下来感谢神，为你可以做自己喜欢的事情！