The following poignant observation is from the pen of Jim Elliot, a missionary who was martyred in Ecuador, as quoted in his biography (Shadow of the Almighty), which was written by his wife, Elisabeth Elliot:
"'Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.'
"It does not say He will give you what you want. It does say He will give you the want. Delight in Christ brings desire for Christ. He gives the heart its desires--that is, He works in us the willing (Philippians 2:13).
"This is why He can say in John 15:7 'Ye shall ask what ye will . . . if ye abide.' The branch takes its sap from the vine, the same surges the vine feels then become the surges of the branch.
"My will becomes His, and I can ask what I will, if I delight myself in Him. Only then can my desire be attained, when it is His desire."
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