“The Search”

Psalm 63:1

O God, You are my God.  I earnestly search for You. 

My soul thirsts for You, my whole body longs for You

in this parched and weary land where there is no water.  (NLT)

     Like many before me, I had wandered deep into the wilderness of life, where I found myself hopelessly lost, desperately thirsting for Truth, and searching for a way out.  Then the Lord plucked me from the grips of death, graciously took me into His arms, and gave me a drink of living water that gave me a new life and a new heart.  We have a Good Shepherd who searches for those who are wandering in the wilderness, hopelessly lost, and slowly dying.  I had, like so many lost and thirsty people, found myself drinking from the wrong cups, never satisfied, and sensing there was something missing and terribly wrong.   And I, like many others, learn the hard way, because no matter how much I consumed, it always left me empty and wondering why.

     When we surrender to the Lord He teaches us the Truth; that this fallen world cannot satisfy the true longings of our hearts and souls.  There is only one Way and only One God who can satisfy what we truly long for—He is our Lord God and Savior, Jesus Christ.  The world was not created to satisfy our every need, my friends.  What the fallen people of this world have created for pleasure is not good for the eternal life of our souls.  The world can only satisfy our carnal flesh; it cannot satisfy God's anger against our sinfulness, only the Savior can do that.  And that's what truly matters, because without Jesus there is only condemnation.  Without Jesus there can be no eternal life. 

                                 A Whisper of Hope

Search for Me, My child…I Am the Bread of Life.  From My Word flows the living water that quenches your thirst and brings eternal life.  Drinking from the world’s cup of poison will bring you nothing but darkness and death.  Drinking from the cup of life that I offer will satisfy your deepest longings and give you eternal life.

Isaiah 58:11

The LORD will guide you continually, giving you water

when you are dry and restoring your strength.  You will

be like a well-water garden, like an ever-flowing spring.  (NLT)

   

                       “I am the Bread of Life; 

              he who comes to Me will not hunger,

                 and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”

                                                  (John 6:35)