Satisfaction

Why do I feel dissatisfied?

God, if You are all that I need, why do I feel like what I’m looking for is slipping through my fingers? I have so much, so very, very much that makes me happy, that brings me joy. Why is there still a “more” that I’m after?

God is all I need. When I have Him, I never need to thirst again. I never NEED to. But sometimes, I choose to.

Sometimes, He lets me feel dissatisfied. He does this for two reasons: 1) to purify me from “idols” in my life that I’m letting become more important to my heart than God is, and 2) to whet my appetite for the amazing joys of heaven!

Think of how boring life would be without anticipation. Part of the awesomeness of Christmas is that it only comes once a year - and there’s so much anticipation building up to it! Marriage is like that, too – you meet someone, then you’re friends, then you’re in a relationship, then you’re engaged, then you get married! Sometimes, it’s an awfully long journey to get there – but that’s part of the awesomeness, isn’t it?

That’s how it is with heaven, and the great Marriage of the Lamb. He’s anticipating it, even though He knows the end from the beginning, and His Bride – us – we are anticipating that day, too! It’s a great thing.

Do you ever just long for heaven? Sometimes I long for heaven… for justice… for joy to fully come to the brokenhearted… for things to be as they should be… and, most of all, to see Jesus, face to face, in His majesty and glory, reigning as King! How awesome will it be when He comes to reign on the New Earth?? So awesome!!

As for Point Number One… yes, sometimes I get distracted from the truth by lies, and by “idols” in my heart that I turn to more than I turn to God. Sometimes I forget who I really am, who my Father really is, that I have EVERYTHING I need, right now. Sometimes, I forget that Jesus said “whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14, NKJV).

So why do I “feel” like I thirst, when I have Him? Do I only have “part” of Jesus? NO! I have all of Him. “…to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Eph. 3:19). What a cool verse, right?? ALL the fullness of God – we have it, because we know the love of Christ, through accepting His payment of His death on the Cross in our place!! (Check out the passage in context, it's super awesome!)

The reason I feel like I thirst is that I don’t swallow. He has given me His Living Water (see John 4:10), and I NEVER need to thirst again, but sometimes I don’t drink it! I’m so used to going thirsty, sometimes His water is, like, too much for me. Sometimes – I don’t know why, it’s delusional – I like feeling icky. I need to renew my mind – I need to remember who I really am in Christ and what He’s really done for me and how I can change the world through Him for good! I never need to feel thirsty again!

So...... Drink Up! :)

“Any time you start to want Me, know you’ve already got Me, all of Me in you!"

 - from Living Water, by J & Kay