A popular view today is to follow certain “Eastern” religions; which are suppose to lead to Nirvana, which is some ultimate place for the soul?
One of the central concepts in Eastern philosophy is the idea of liberating oneself in this earthly life from all desires…
This concept is based upon the principle of Nirvana which translates or means ” to extinguish or blow out” as with a candle…
So what is the reason for desire in life anyway?
Well without desire, you would be a meandering fool wondering about existing off what ever popped into your pathway of life… So in order to have a purposeful life you must have some desires… God set to principle of desire in our hearts, so we could and would seek to find meaning in life…
Now like all things there is opposition as the positive (uplifting) and the negative (dragging down) elements of life! We are free to choose which elements to use and thus meet our desires…
God promises to reward “our faith according to your heart’s desire.” Therefore desire is necessary and the most important element in the advancement of our earthly life, it is not meant to be extinguished, rather it was meant to be used for edification!
Desire can be many things as we all know… There are the harming sinful desires like greed, lust, ambition, or holding a superior attitude, just to list some of the negative desires… Most of the grief in the world is or has been brought on by one or more of these!
Therefore desire is the drive of life! “The glory of God is a man fully alive!” Irenaeus
God wants you to live life using desire to mold your need to find HIM…
While the Satan is delighted for you to simply lose your drive, to lie down, and just give up to the whiles he places before you each day… Depression is one of the key elements used to defeat people and is very often Demonic in origin!
” My Granddaddy told me “It is much better to be a simple doorman, than to lay there and be a door mat!” Learn your place and your purpose in life!
Most of the world today is just following some person whom, they believe will save them or solve their problems… False!
” You must learn to use your God given Intelligence to seek then use the desires of your heart to develop the real purpose of your life! “ a True-ism
What are you doing with the desires of your heart, Dear Friend?