"Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny." Plain and simple we were made for more than a cage. Battle, adventure, and beauty are our desires, and those are so much more than anger, sports, and porn. YOU were made for something greater. And not only that, but you have what it takes to be something greater.
But since the beginning of time men have failed to be men. We've been passive, cowardly, and violent, and we've tried to cover it up. We wonder if we really are men, we doubt we are, and we're afraid that everyone is going to find out. We are afraid to fail and so we don't take risks.
"We are hiding, every last one of us." As I read that I thought of the movie, Night at the Museum 2. General Custer is one of the characters and he's a classic poser. The entire movie he talks a big game boasting about his hair and what a great general he is. But when the time for battle comes, he announces the charge and then we find him hiding behind a pile of museum items, out of the battle. When he is confronted by Larry the night guard he brings up his failure at Little Big Horn, and because of that he hides, afraid to join the battle. He doesn't believe he has what it takes. At this point they look out over the battle that is taking place, and see that their allies are struggling. Custer says, "They need a leader." And after a few words of encouragement from Larry he joins the battle, and in the end they are victorious.
Our desires are what we were made to do. So I need to ask, what are your's? Be honest, no one needs to know but you. What are the deepest desires of your heart. Dream big and dig deep. What do you desire? No I have to ask, what is stopping you from going for it?
We were given a world to "explore, build and conquer" but risk and danger keep us from doing that. We were born into a world at war with battle lines already drawn up, but we refuse to take sides and instead only fight the ones we are sure to win. And we are in need of beauty. Eve was taken from Adam's side. I've heard that the Hebrew word used for "rib" actually means that God pulled the feminine part out of Adam. Now it takes a man and a woman together to show the full image of God, thus why marriage is between a man and a women, the two halves come together to create the full image of God. We need the beauty, but we don't think we can win her, so we don't even try.
All of these deny our true nature, and when we "deny our nature we go passive." We pose and act like we have it all together, but it's all a front and we know it. But the thing that drives us to keep it up is the fear of being found out. And so to protect ourselves we run and hide, sometimes literally, and other times in our anger or addictions. But we were made for more than this, we were made for something real.
"God believes in you!" God made you to come through, and believes that you can. He has given you a fierce, warriors heart. But before we can believe that, and begin to live like it, there is something else we have to deal with.
To God alone be the Glory!
Strength and Honor
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