Hunger and thirst
In the last few posts, I’ve been working through “searching”, basically that we are all searching for something or someone; that God built us that way to look for Him, yet we do so as one groping in the darkness (Acts 17). We resemble, if only a bit, intelligent Googles, continually sending out queries, some essential to life and its meaning, others that are, well, frivolous.
Many of us claim satisfaction because we have found God. Or, in our most lucid moments, we admit that we have found nothing. Rather, we have been found by God.
This finding seems pretentious. But we take seriously the words of Jesus: Seekers find. Knocked-on doors get opened. If you ask, God will answer.
Jesus declared that he is all that was necessary to quench our thirst. And even that rivers of living water would flow from the hearts of those who accepted his water.
He said he is the true nourishment descended from heaven to give life to all those who ate of him, to all who confidently put their trust in him.
If this is true, (and I believe it is), why am I still hungry, thirsty, and (sometimes) still searching?
Many of us claim satisfaction because we have found God. Or, in our most lucid moments, we admit that we have found nothing. Rather, we have been found by God.
This finding seems pretentious. But we take seriously the words of Jesus: Seekers find. Knocked-on doors get opened. If you ask, God will answer.
Jesus declared that he is all that was necessary to quench our thirst. And even that rivers of living water would flow from the hearts of those who accepted his water.
He said he is the true nourishment descended from heaven to give life to all those who ate of him, to all who confidently put their trust in him.
If this is true, (and I believe it is), why am I still hungry, thirsty, and (sometimes) still searching?
June 10th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
First of all, as I reading the first two paragraphs, I was thinking of a similar question to the one you asked at the end.
I think the ultimate satisfaction that Christ spoke of will come when we are truly in His presence and Kingdom. Nothing is enternal in this world we live in now. If I stop eating and drinking, I will become weak and surely die eventually. The same goes for us as Christians. Part of growing, is searching for more knowledge and learning new things. What if after you accepted Christ, your hunger and thirst stopped too, what would happen to you and your relationship with the Lord?
Just be careful of what you are searching for. Sometimes searches will redirect you away from God.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Side note: Sorry that your boy, Federer, lost. It must be a somber day in Switzerland.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Maybe we still search at times because we shut off “the water?”
Just a thought.
I join the “Mayor” in offering my condolences to Switzerland.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
The kind of searching you’re talking about never ends. And, since there is joy in the searching and rhapsody in the occasional finding, I’m glad.
June 11th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I grow weary of knocking on the wrong doors.