I Shall Be Satisfied

Last year the Lord gave me a Rhema verse while I was going through a difficult season of pain and confusion. It was a scripture from Jeremiah. 

"And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord." 

Jeremiah 31:14

The day before, the Lord had convicted me to commit to Him that, by His grace, I would only look to Jesus to be satisfied, even if He took all other earthly friends. It is when I take my eyes off Jesus that the world has an opportunity to creep in, I become distracted with temporal pleasures, or I allow stress to overtake the offer of God's grace. This morning, one of my scriptures was: 

"As for me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness."

Psalm 17:15

Recently, I was starting a new (for me) historical BBC TV series I had checked out from the library. I had researched the show beforehand to make sure that there were not any inappropriate scenes or language and finding none, I was excited to discover a new, clean show. To my disappointment, I wasn't through the first few episodes when some language came up. I tried to rationalize with myself that if it happened again, I would turn it off, but the language continued and my conscience continued bothering me. At last, I realized that, by persisting to justify my show, I was exchanging intimate fellowship with Jesus for the temporal satisfaction I was receiving. I "canceled" the show and really, I haven't missed it. Jesus promises to satisfy us if our hearts are toward Him. I often act, although subconsciously, that I would be more satisfied with _________. Isn't the grace God has given to each of us enough? The intimate fellowship promised with the Holy Spirit? What about peace? We have already been given the only Source of true satisfaction. Jesus Christ. 

So today, deep down, I encourage you to search out and destroy the things that you think will satisfy you more than Jesus.

"Alone, O Gracious Love, but for Thee; I shall be satisfied if I can see

Jesus only.

        ~ E. Elliot