Do we even realize what 'desire' is? From the way I see it, desire is basically 'giving in' to freedom that is unknown - that is, freedom to do things that would naturally dictate us to question the meaning of life to a whole new degree. That's fucking up, because you do these things of so-called 'freedom' from what you picked up off other people.
... Personally, I can't be sure whether this is to do with one's state of mind and the sense of well-being. Normally, if we remember from our school days, we had ambitions to be the best and work toward specified goals. However, we started picking up senseless behaviour from the people around us. Not that it was cool or anything, but it goes to show that those people themselves were somehow losing worth of themselves - therefore, desire is nothing part of the human condition where pleasure is concerned, but more-so some kind of 'coping' mechanism to put up with personal 'impairments' - emotional, psychological or mental. What I'm saying is, these impairments are associated ultimately with mind function. Desire is a load of crap - leading people to do some ridiculous things, or constantly seek escapism. Possible truth in that is that people are... just generally not satisfied with what they got.
Now, as far as this thread is concerned - to become a God, it's only coincidental, because it's to do with the brain/mind and nothing can determine that (how well the mind is), except with what that individual shows. Yes, there are rare people out there that walk the planet like Gods. Gods, because their mind (most likely) has a strong sense. Mentally well-developed, maybe? These religions come about as a result of 'desire'. You may also note that in a group/culture, we tend to compete and are very much interested in who's the best and normally, the best and brightest show over time and normally, the rest wish to be more like that. Probably a matter of survival strategy - that's so-called desire, perhaps?