Let us look at the word "desire". It stem from two words: de meaning OF, and sire meaning FATHER. Therefore the word desire means of the father.
Not choosing sides, but the etymology above is a bit forced, if not contentious. 'Desire' is a
Romantic term, since it derives from the Romans via Latin. 'Desire' conveys the sense of a volitional wish:
from the
Online Etymological Dictionary: desire (v.) early 13c., from O.Fr.
desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for,"
from L. desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," original sense perhaps "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase
de sidere "
from the stars," from sidus (gen. sideris) "heavenly body, star, constellation" [as in, wishing on a star] (but see consider). Related: Desired; desiring. The noun is attested from c.1300, from O.Fr.
desir, from
desirer; sense of "lust" is first recorded mid-14c.
The Greek sense of 'desire' is more complicated (it's tied to erotic love, i.e., the objectification of what one wishes to possess), but I believe the term you have in mind is '
thelo,' i.e., "to desire, to will, to wish."
Although '
thelo' is referenced in theological studies of Biblical Greek, any subsequent connection or application of 'desire' to the Father or the Lord, as in the case of the Will of God (to make manifest what He desires), might well be an example of eisegesis. If our understanding of 'desire' appeals to its Western etymology, we have to note that the ancient Greeks and Romans were not Christians, and that the sense of the term was tweaked to suit medieval meditations of theological problems (as well as modern appropriations and distortions, whether Liberal, Progressive, Conservative, or what have you).