Saturday, August 25, 2007
being totally satisfied
I have to come to the realization this week that my ultimate goal of coming to the point where I am completely satisfied in Jesus alone is much more of a challenge than I thought. I knew it would be hard, but I think I experienced some the difficulty this week and it was harder than I expected. I want to come to a point where I enjoy spending time drawing near to God far more than I desire to do anything else. But I am constantly putting aside my love for Christ for other things. But I have also been realized that I have to rely on Jesus for my ability to draw near to Jesus. Because the truth is the as a flawed, sinful man and the only way I have any hope whatsoever to drawing near to Jesus is through his grace. I need to rely on this for this because, truth be told, my "religion" isn't going to go anywhere by my efforts. My "religion" is all about relying on Jesus for my good deeds and my ability to approach the throne of God. Maybe I am encountering difficulty because a part of me wants to please God by my own efforts, when I can only please God through simply having a child-like faith.
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I think of the song... "I cant get no satisfaction." I'm not sure who sang it first, I can hear Britney Spears' version in my head... but it makes me think... those who don't have Christ can't get satisfaction because they don't have him. But even us, who have Christ in our lives, we are not satisfied either! But I think that our unsatisfaction is a healthy one... because it draws us into a deeper and more meaningful relationship with him. I heard this analogy one time: There was a big marathon scheduled in a particular city, and it was such a big deal that a ton of people came to watch. All the runners lined up, and when the gun went off they ran over the finish line, then promptly stopped, started cheering and hugging each other. The people watching were appalled... why would they treat the starting line as if it were the finish line? They got so fed up with it they decided to run themselves. But once they got on the course, they realized, there was no finish line. But that was okay. Because running in the race was to take them a lifetime.
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