Alright about a week ago I starting thinking a lot about desire. I don't have any clue why, but I did. I guess it started when I was reading in Mosiah Chapter 11. It was talking about King Noah and how wicked he was. In verse 2 of that chapter a phrase stuck out to me that reads "he did walk after the desires of his own heart." The reason he was a wicked king was because that is what he desired, wickedness. Then a few days ago I was reading the General Conference addition of the Ensign. I was reading a talk from Dallin H. Oaks titled Desire. It was a really good talk. It got me thinking a lot about what I desire while I am on my mission, in life on this earth, and after this life. While I am here in Tennessee on my mission my desire is to bring souls unto Christ. Some of my desires in this life are to have a good career, getting married, and owning a Chevy Camaro. However these earthly desires don't matter that much. The greatest desire we should have is eternal life. In Alma 29:4 it reads "I ought not to harrow up in my desires the firm decree of a just God, for I know that he granteth unto men according to their adesire, whether it be unto death or unto life; yea, I know that he allotteth unto men, yea, decreeth unto them decrees which are unalterable, according to their bwills, whether they be unto salvation or unto destruction." I know this scripture is true. If we truely desire eternal happiness and we do the things necessary to get there God will grant it to us. One qoute I really liked from Elder Oaks talk was this "Desires dictate our priorities, priorities shape our choices, and choices determine our actions. The desires we act on determine our changing, our achieving, and our becoming." So desires play a big role in what we become and where we want to be. So what do you desire?
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