Satisfy My Heart, Lord
“For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” Psalm 107:9
We walk on this earth, longing, hoping, wanting more. We sometimes don’t see what more we crave, what longing we want, what hope we need, until we come to the end of chasing endless pursuits.
The endless pursuits of chasing more, having more, wishing more, only to receive it and see that it never filled the void, healed the pain, rescued you from the dark place or even stopped the craved feeling.
The endless pursuit of chasing more in the world doesn’t stop until our eyes are shifted off ourselves, our wants, and instead placed onto the One, the only One who could fill every desire within our heart that is aligned in His will. Every unhealed place and every craving our souls crave cannot be satisfied with the empty wells here in this world.
Our heart could never be satisfied if we continue to search the world for the “filled pursuits” it falsely gives.
When I was a teenager, I would chase the “in” things to fit in, to fill those empty places within my heart. As I got older, I continued to chase endless pursuits, only to see it never resolved until I became an adult. In my late 20’s early 30’s, the Lord had to show me that these worldly things were only temporary fixes, while He, He is the ultimate One who can fill us. Heal us. Mend us. Nothing in this world can satisfy my longing thirsty soul that it craves. Though my flesh would think I “needed” these things to fill the “emptiness” or the “fit in” because everyone has “it”, it wasn’t God’s way of living.
What I know now oh how I wish I knew then.
No amount of money, job chasing, career building, goal chasing, dream chasing.. No amount of worldly possessions, materialistic items, no amount of bibles in hand, fancy equipment, bigger homes, fancier cars, name brand clothes or even chasing a relationship will fill the void. Am I saying it is wrong to have these? No. I am saying if we find ourselves wanting to shop til we drop, having the itch to spurge or spend, feeling this “need” to have something because we saw someone else have it, or even feeling the need to have a relationship because everyone else does or you feel “empty” and “lonely”… this is where it goes wrong and our hearts need a heart check with the Lord.
Not everyone struggles with such things. But for those of you who do, there was us, who once did too. I wish I could sit down and have some coffee with you, or even a fresh drink as we sit on my back patio while hearing and watching the rain fall so softly and peacefully. I would tell you how I struggled with this for years. Chasing the endless pursuits of the world to fit in with the crowd, to feel accepted, liked and to satisfy my heart. I would tell you how the emptiness in me would crave these things because I didn’t know how to sit and be with the Lord. I didn’t know Jesus then. I didn’t know Jesus would be enough. Until I did.
There is no amount of things the world gives, offers, or says to please us, that will satisfy our thirsty souls. Our souls crave the One. The Ultimate One. We were created to crave Him and Him only. To crave the existence, the presence of our Father and to dwell within Him. We were created to want Him. But do we know it? Not necessarily. It isn’t until we are completely done with how we are living and we come to the Lord and ask Him why we crave these things. Why we seek endless pursuits in the world rather than seeking the endless pursuit of Jesus. He then will show it. He then will help. When we are honest.
He satisfies our weary, thirsty souls that it craves and he does this by giving us more of Him the more we come to Him at all times. The more we press in, seeking Him, pursuing Him, the more we begin to grasp the craving is actually for us to crave more of the Lord and not of ourselves.
May we lay down the burdens of chasing endless pursuits, may we lay down the running after the worldly pursuits so we can run after the only One who can satisfy our hearts with Him.
-Author, Nicole
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Scripture References
- Psalm 107:9; 35-38
- Isaiah 44:3-13
- John 4:1-42
- Isaiah 12:3