Is God's Desire Our Desire?

This morning I was listening to a recent chapel message from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary by Dr. Danny Akin looking at 1 Timothy 2:1-7. Upon hearing this message, one verse and theme of the message jumped out to me and caused me to dwell deeper into it. In verse 4 of 1 Timothy 2, Paul states that God "desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth." It would be safe to say that the majority of Christians would back this statement and would even say that is their desire as well. Upon hearing this I was challenged and convicted with the question "Is this really my desire?" Do I honestly, truly desire that all men become saved? Do you? Before we can honestly answer that, we must first evaluate ourselves in some areas of our life to see if they match up with our "desire." The first aspect of our life is our we truly evangelizing those around us with the good news of the gospel? Are we seeking out opportunities to tell people of the truth of their sin and the grace and forgiveness that comes through Christ? Do we seek out people and take full advantage of our relationships and interactions with them in a way that says "My desire is for all people to be saved?" But there is also a second aspect of our life that we must look at, are we willing to give up all to see people saved, no matter who or where they are. Verse 4 states that God desires "all people to be saved." God doesn't just desire that people in your hometown, your school, or just in America be saved, but ALL people. This means that God's desire is for every person, regardless of race, location, or language to come to know Him and be saved through Christ. What we must truly grasp if our desire is to be that of God's is our role in people coming to salvation. We cannot save people, only God can do that, but we are the instruments that God has chosen to tell of His saving grace. Are we willing to give up everything, our hopes, dreams, careers, in order to take the gospel to all people that they may be saved. Are we willing to leave our comforts and our families to truly go? Does our life reflect that we truly "desire all people to be save," or does our life reflect that this is nothing more than a cliche phrase that we Christians like to use?