It’s one thing to have our desires focused on God; It’s another to have your will aligned with His will. Our desires are that which we have internally, in our spirits; whereas our will is what we actually do from our beliefs. In order to change our desires, we need truth. If our wills are out of line with our desires, then we only need to fix what we believe. Our beliefs are rooted in either a lie or truth; if we are held captive, it’s likely we believe a lie, because the truth sets us free. We have an encouraging message about doing the will of God. We will know the doctrine is from God, because God will make it known to us.
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. (John 7:16-18)
We also know, it’s not sufficient enough for salvation to only desire to do the will of God, but to actually do the will of God.
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (1 John 2:17)
This is the same paradigm with faith and action. Faith can often express itself as a desire, but desire alone is not enough since it produces no action. Where there is desire and no power, there is no result; where there is desire and power, there, faith comes alive, and salvation is worked out of us. It’s God’s job to work salvation in us; we are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Not everyone who keeps saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will get into the kingdom from heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother. (Matthew 12:50)
Let us know the will of God and desire after it; then do the will of the Father through believing in the Son, through His Spirit, we will do God’s will. Where God’s will is our will, we will experience salvation here on earth. Many of us do not experience salvation today because we do not know His desire nor do His will. We are full of head knowledge with desire and no action. How then do we produce actions? Let us beware of all sorts of pretense, hypocrisy or deceit, but let our actions come from a sincere faith. Let us re-assure ourselves with the doctrine of God about His Son Jesus Christ. He is our strength.
Beware of taking the easy road which is making our desires “real” by manifesting them in “make believe land”, which is this current simulation, the internet. There are many traps here. People can desire to be any such person and put on a different skin (or mask), simulating another life based on their own desires on how they want to appear to be. This is the easy road because their will is not involved at all. Having desire is the easy part; manifesting that desire in reality is the hard part since we have so many deep rooted lies in us. The truth of Jesus Christ sets us free from all bondages that have their reign in us through the lies of the enemy. Video games are an example of this: you have avatars, skins, appearances; you make yourself be who you desire to be; this is a fantasy world that has no basis in reality besides the fact you have to be in reality to play the game. It’s a much better use of our time to focus on our life outside of such playgrounds. In fact, any play is considered a waste, where-as work is beneficial because progress (or money) is made.
The world is filled with inaction. Act. Do. Believe first. Believe and in your believing, believe some more. Believe in the Son. Desire alone is like a dream. You dream in your hunger and eat in your dream, but awake to your hunger again. Do. Be the one in this generation that does; no-one else does; but you, I call you to do! Have faith, but with faith: do! Faith alone is like a desire; but you must have faith and action.