My Heart’s Desire
The amount of liquid stored in wineskin was based on its capacity, or size. In the same way, your soul can only hold a heart’s desire based on the size of your faith. We described that 1 Corinthians 12:9 faith as a gift of the Holy Spirit which empowers you to move mountains out of your way, to walk on water, and to open doors to living your heart’s desires.
Your faith is the wineskin’s capacity. The size of your faith is what your soul can
hold for you. The desires of your heart
is the wine. In most dictionaries, “desire” is defined as a strong feeling of
wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen. In the context of
soul-matters, desire is a God-inspired knowing of His assignment given to you
to execute here on earth. Desire
can also be called the fuel that’s needed to propel the manifestation of your
life-purpose. Desire helps to drive
your soul in the right direction for making your purpose of living come into
reality, or simply put, to make your “dreams come true.”
Desire, though, is more than a dream. The purpose of your life is seen in visions or dreams, but desire is like fire that gives you that special kind of energy called zealousness, the willingness to step out on faith and make it happen—to physically live on earth working out your purpose without fear, hesitation, or excuses to back down or halt in the completion of your God-inspired assignment.
Life is like a wedding when you are living in the desires of your heart. The wine (your heart’s desire) is flowing and you feel good in sharing it with others while watching them also enjoying the “fruit” of your labour.
Wine is produced in five stages: harvesting, crushing and pressing, fermentation, clarification, and aging. In other words, it takes time for a desire to manifest with its intended impact. It takes God’s perfect timing. As Mary indicated to her son that “now is the time to make manifest your ministry”, Jesus was telling His mother, “It’s not yet time.” But mothers are given to us as life-coaches; and so we are in awe of the first publicly recorded miracle of Jesus.
The first step in producing wine is harvesting the fruit (grapes) by making sure that the sweetness and acidity of the grapes are in perfect balance while picking them by hand. Weather—the atmospheric mixture of elements of sunlight, temperature, humidity, and season (timing)—also plays an important role in the harvesting process. Once the grapes are picked, the under-ripe and rotten grapes are removed.
What kind of fruit—desire(s)—are
you bearing in your life right now? Are
they in line with your God-given assignment?
This series will take us through the steps of producing: “My Heart’s
Desire”.
Your assignment this week is to
identify your heart’s desire (get out your journal and work that pen). Take time to pray, meditate and listen to the
“voice” of God, then record the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart (Read Psalm 37:3-5).
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Reference for the
processes of making wine: www.worldsbestwines.eu:
A Detailed Guide to Winemaking.
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