David had desired to fulfil all the counsel of God. He had wanted to be
granted nothing that was not in the heart of God. It is such praying that
honours God. It is born not of a selfish and self-consumed mind and heart, but
issues from a yielded and devout spirit. When God fulfils His will in such a
heart, there is great rejoicing, greater than if all the richest prizes of life,
and the most munificent bequests of wealth had been given. God is always very
willing to provide the desire of our hearts, when we desire His will and want
His purposes. It should be noted that David considered it an immense personal
privilege to be granted fulfilment of a desire which reflected God’s heart!
This should be also our genuine joy and pleasure, to see all that God wants for
us, take place in our lives, without hindrance or hesitation on our part. We
spend a great deal of time cataloguing our ‘needs’ and wants before God, making
our prayers laden with our own requests. David’s approach suggests that our
prayers should start with wanting what God wants, and requesting fervently that
He may satisfy and bring about first and foremost, all that He desires in us.
Then we might find as David did, an unmatched joy in the knowledge that the
Lord has indeed granted the desire of our heart. As bible commentator E. R. Conder suggests,
this is possibly a very practical test of both our desires and prayers. “Of our desires. Are they such as we can
put into prayer? Are they pure--such as God can approve; reasonable--such as we
need not be ashamed to put into prayer; unselfish--such as consist with the
great law of love; unpresumptuous--within the scope of God’s promises? Of our
prayers. Do they indeed express the desires of our heart? Prayer without desire
is a dead form; a featherless, pointless arrow that will reach no mark.”
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