This is a short poem I wrote several years ago.  It reflects upon the conflict between searching after the things that I want vs. seeking the things of God.  I hope you are blessed by it.

Discerning Your Desires

“What do I want?”

Such questions consume my mind.

It’s the determining factor in every decision,

It always chooses the path I will find.

But how does one decide,

How do I ever discern?

When there are so many earthly possessions,

For which my flesh does yearn.

I want to feel a certain way,

I want to do a certain thing.

I want to get the just rewards,

My accomplishments should bring!

Even in my life of faith,

My wants cannot be suppressed,

“Surely the thing which makes me feel right,

Is what the Lord would think is best!”

Yet all the self-indulgence,

Still leaves a deep emptiness.

I get all that I want, I have my way,

Yet I never quite feel at rest!

The answer comes to me so simply, O’ God,

For of self-indulgence my soul quickly tires.

The path which will fulfill me in all things in life,

Is by discerning not mine, but Your desires!

Kerry Williams, 2004