Desire: A Director
We hunger, we eat.
We thirst, we drink.
We tire, we sleep.
But what of those that are not so physiologically based?
We desire love, we...?
We crave purpose, we...?
We want happiness, we...?
It seems few of us really have it nailed down when it comes to completing the sentences.
But maybe our desires remain unmet because we seek after those things that don't fulfill them. We seek the lesser rather than the greater.
If sex isn't actually the answer to love, then seeking love in sex won't yield the fulfilled desire.
If a new plasma TV is not the answer to being contented, then seeking contentment in a plasma TV won't leave you contented.
If puffing up your friend numbers on Facebook won't lead you to fulfilled relationships, then seeking fulfilled relationships in Facebook friends won't yield it's intended purpose.
You see the point of the hypothetical conditionals?
If the world is meant to function in a certain way, anything you do that is not in accordance with the true reality will thwart your ability to live in harmony with it.
But perhaps our desires are directors to something bigger. Jesus said, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28, ESV)
Destiny or Couch and Pepsi?
In the book Soul Cravings, in entry one under Destiny, Erwin is talking about how he loved the book Glory Road, and how it inspired him. He writes, "Even then I had a sense of Destiny. We all do. But we don’t all do something about it".
My personal take is that it all comes down to selfishness. Making a difference in other people’s lives costs us valuable time, energy and money that could easily be spent on self. In the end, making a difference just costs too much. It is sad, but I think true.
It is much easier for me to sit on my couch, with a bag of chips and a Pepsi, and be inspired by William Wallace in Braveheart than for me do something heroic myself.
Why do you think we don’t do something about our sense of destiny?