Great Lengths

I have been thinking this morning about some lyrics to a song from the first Christian CD I ever owned. Sadly, they often hit home with me.

“Here I am once again
Pleading
To the sky
Kneeling to the sands shedding my
Regrets
Knowing You’ll forget everything

Why didn’t I go to such great lengths to
Try to please You
Instead I tried to please myself
In the end when your heart is broken
I see the folly of trying to please myself

I have not yet arrived
Seeing
Anything
Quiet my desires till they die
Until they die
Or align with Your will

Why didn’t I go to such great lengths to
Try to please You
Instead I tried to please myself
In the end when your heart is broken
I see the folly of trying to please myself”

-Pray For Rain, “Great Lengths”

I put the one section in bold because of course we are not called to live a life without desire.  But as believers, our desires should be growing more and more similar to the desires of our Father.  I pray that He would continue that work in me, and in each of us.  Father, quiet our sinful desires until they die, and give us desires that align with Your will.