"For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things."
Psalms 107:9
Longing- strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: "filled with longing for home."
Do you ever at some time in your day get the feeling of longing, of desire for, something you can't quite name or describe? I often do. You go through your life, your work and activities and then out of nowhere...there it is. The nagging feeling that you're missing something, that there is a piece of your soul that has been misplaced. That desire for something to make you're life have meaning. So, we seek out things to fill that raging, incessant desire.
If only I could have some chocolate cake right now.....that sounds good.
The iPhone 6 is on sale! Maybe I can get it next week....
Only have to save a little more, then I can get that new mustang!
If only I had someone to love me, then I would be happy.
We try and we try, but it never goes away. Always seeking to fill that longing, and always coming up short. Well...I learned something today.
There is nothing on earth that can take that longing away. There is only Jesus.
I cannot depend on anything, any person to give my life meaning. My Creator is the only one that can. Who better to fill my heart than He who made it, and knows it intimately. All these years, this truth was right in front of me but I never saw this longing for what it was. It was HIM.
For my entire life my God, my Father, was calling me to Himself and I could not hear. I filled my head and heart with things that spoil, with things that moths can eat and thieves can break in and steal. My treasure was on earth, and not in heaven.
Speak now, Lord. Your servant is listening. This world has blinded me, but your love is now breaking through. Praise be to you, the God who breaks down walls and opens the eyes of the blind.
The God who fills the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with GOOD things.
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