He Satisfies The Thirsty

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

Psalm 107:1-9

If we are honest with ourselves, we know that “all empty” feeling. It is an emptiness that friendship, love, sex, money, power, popularity, or success can never assuage. It is a longing for something unattainable, something incalculably precious, but lost. It is a hint, an echo in a face, a painting.

We were made for God and in the end, nothing less will satisfy us. Without Him, we are all empty. He alone fills the hungry with good things.

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself because it is not there.

Our Daily Bread – December 18, 2013