Have you ever felt unsatisfied in your relationship with
Jesus? Have you ever been frustrated with your own spiritual walk with Him?
Perhaps you assumed that it was because you weren’t a member of a better
church, or maybe you were convinced it was because you weren’t spiritual
enough, or praying enough, or reading the Bible enough?
Recently I had an epiphany of sorts as I listened to a friend
of mine express a similar frustration. What I realized was this: We will never
be fully satisfied spiritually until we see Jesus face to face.
And that’s a good thing, by the way.
I think it is only because we are unsatisfied that we pursue
Him more. Our awareness of a greater need for Jesus is partly how the Holy
Spirit draws us nearer to our Lord.
What we should be most concerned about is a lack of desire
to know Jesus more.
But here and now, the simple fact we must face is that if we
are living in this flesh and blood reality we will never be fully satisfied. We
also need to be careful not to diagnose this overwhelming dissatisfaction as a
failure of our church family, or even our own lack of spiritual perfection.
What’s missing is the full and complete presence of Jesus in our life. That’s
what we’re longing for, and that is what we must pursue, but we have to do so
without condemning ourselves, or others in the Body of Christ.
One day we will see Him face to face and then we will be
satisfied in His presence. But here and now we are simply called to hunger for
more hunger and to thirst for greater thirst. This holy desire draws us nearer
to Jesus, but it will not ever be fully satisfied until we are physically in
His arms.
“You broke the bonds and you loosed the chains; carried the cross of my shame. You know I believe it. But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.” – Bono, U2
Stay hungry.
-kg
5 comments:
This is simply well stated and true.
So does that mean I can be content in Christ and yet unsatisfied?
I guess its just natural for us to feel a constant urge to want more that's why I stay focused on the future and not dwell on the past cause that's where we are going and I know that its going to be glorious.
if you have jesus i don't think you'll feel unsatisfied.
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Thanks for this- I believe we can be at peace with where we are in the journey and still long for more goodness, more grace, more love, and a more intimate relationship with Jesus.
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