Thread by @glprater

#GeraldsDevotional
The Thing That Truly Satisfies – Where Do We Find It?

We spend our lives roaming around from place to place and from activity to activity in desperate search for things that bring us satisfaction. They may be temporary and physical like food or deeply emotional. Sadly, what we discover in this world is that nothing truly satisfies

us in the long run. All of the things that we do in this world provide temporary relief or comfort. But we soon find ourselves needing to be refilled again or even worse, needing an increased amount of what we already had (addiction).

But when we discover the divine purpose for

which our Father in heaven has placed us here, we find that it is our ultimate source of satisfaction. It is not temporary, but it provides effects and impacts that last forever. Remember the words of Jesus in John 4:32 when His disciples returned thinking He was hungry after

they had gone looking for food. Jesus replied, “I have a kind of food that you know nothing about.” After they were still confused, He went on to explain the overall point of this message by saying “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing

his work.”

As it was for Jesus, the same is also true for you and me. When we taste the food that our Father has prepared on the table laid out before us, we will find that NOTHING else truly satisfies us. We begin to see everything else as secondary and temporal. The table is

set and He is calling us to come, taste, and see that the LORD is good.

Daily Scripture:

Invitation to the Lord’s Salvation
1 “Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it’s all free!
2 Why spend your money on food

that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.

3 “Come to me with your ears wide open.
Listen, and you will find life.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you.

I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
4 See how I used him to display my power among the peoples.
I made him a leader among the nations.
5 You also will command nations you do not know,
and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,

because I, the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”

6 Seek the Lord while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.
7 Let the wicked change their ways
and banish the very thought of doing wrong.

Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.

8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:1-9
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