May 23, 2015
Everybody wants to be satisfied. To be fulfilled. To have that elusive something that will fulfill the deep longings of our soul. This is not a sinful desire. If anything, it is often too weak.
So, where do you look?
THE NATURAL PATH
There are only two choices available to us: the gods of this present darkness or the Lord God Jehovah. We think there are more. But every path we take leads to either God’s feast or an idol’s table, covered with extravagant yet empty food.
It makes no sense, and is one more sign of the futility of our sinful depravity, but for some reason we are more inclined to think the gods of this world will satisfy. We keep looking to them to do for us something they are incapable of producing. The gods of success, power, reputation, sex, food, money, possessions—the list goes on. We believe they can help us. They will not and they cannot.
THE REWARDING ALTERNATIVE
But the one, true God is shouting through human history to help us in this search, for He knows there is only one authentic source. If we are wise, we will listen to the One who made us.
Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! Let there be no strange god among you; nor shall you worship any foreign god. I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it.
But My people did not listen to My voice, and Israel did not obey Me. So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, to walk in their own devices. Oh that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries.
Those who hate the Lord would pretend obedience to Him, and their time of punishment would be forever. But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” (Psalm 81:8-16)
God is waiting to satisfy us. It's all there. Everything we've dreamed of, everything we could possibly desire. We can waste years listening to the Enemy's voice when all the while the Creator spreads the table for us and the invitation has been sent.
“God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other.
""That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there.” (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity)
Why not stop and turn right now? Recognize your wrong direction and repent. Cry out to Him for a revival of your affections. It is useless to go anywhere else.
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God knows what He is about. Always include in your request the greatest prayer—the prayer of surrender. “Lord, Your will be done.” This is the prayer, when humbly prayed, that will always be answered and yield the most valuable result from the God who loves us best ... even if the answer is hard.
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Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.
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As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?
