ACCOMPLISHMENT

A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul… – Proverbs 13:19a

When God created Man in His Image and likeness, He also built into him Desires that would give him Accomplishment in every area of life, such as: desires for self-preservation, security, companionship, significance, well-being, joy, authority, power, and oneness with his Maker. These have resulted in all kinds of vocations and institutions in the world today. For example, agricultural and food industries meet self-preservation needs; real estate, insurance, and investment businesses try to meet security needs; marriages, churches, associations, and clubs, the companionship desire; educational, fashion and luxury outfits, the desire for significance; health institutions, the desire for well-being; and governments, the desire for authority.

Desire is a sound scriptural principle (Psa.37:4; Pro.13:12,19). It is the dynamic motivation behind every worthwhile venture. Even faith derives from desire (Heb.11:1). Desire is not inherently evil. The problem is usually with the object or motive: “the desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor” (Pro.21:25). God acceded to Israel’s lust and they lost out (Psa.78:29). With Man’s fall, Satan and Sin complicated matters, such that the ease with which Man could find fulfilment and receive his desires, was replaced with sweat and difficulty (Gen.3:19). We now have an opponent to contend with in actualizing our desires.

Every God-inspired desire has a God-ordained object of Accomplishment. How then can we pursue God-given desires that’ll lead to God-ordained fulfilment? A few classes of what we should desire can be deduced from Deuteronomy 28: 1-13.

• Promotion: “…the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth” (v.1). Promotion, Progress, and Distinction answer to a deep desire for significance, as against feelings of inferiority and worthlessness.

• Blessings: “…and all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you…” (v.2): locational blessings (v.3); fruitful marriage (v.4); blessed businesses, bank accounts, treasury, trips, and warehouses (vv.4-8).

• Victory: “The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face” (v.7). God wants you to desire Victory over temporal and spiritual enemies, sicknesses, diseases, demons, and wicked personalities.

• Establishment: “…The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself…” (v.9). “And of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her: and the Most High Himself shall establish her” (Psa.87:5). Desire perpetuity: that whatever institution you found is established to endure (Psa.112:3).

• Divine Identification: “Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you” (v.10). Identifying with the name of the Lord confirms your Authority and Security.

• Prosperity, Fruitfulness, and Increase: “And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground…” (v.11-12). Your body, possessions, ground, land, and even the heavens will answer to God’s commands of Fruitfulness and Increase.

• Leadership: “…And the LORD shall make you the head and not the tail; and you shall be above only…” (v.13). Leadership is your birth-right by creation and redemption; desire it. This is leadership of dominion, not domination.

Desire is the root of fulfilment; your desire will lead you to its object of fulfilment. Every God-inspired desire has a God-ordained provision; but it must be defined to become actualized. Many desires remain unfulfilled because they are vague, weak, and unspecific. In what area of life do you need blessing or establishment? In addition, real desires are never silent. Your deepest desires will provoke words. Begin to speak your expectations into manifestation; first to yourself and then to others. Share them boldly with those who can genuinely help you to achieve them. Avoid people who seek to shrink, edit or delete your divine desires. Finally, all of God’s blessings are premised on total obedience to His Word. Become both a Declarer and a Doer of God’s Word, and enter into the Sweetness of Accomplishment – Fulfilled Desires!