"Obama supporters now left with a void." was the title of an article I came across online in the past week or so. I just glanced over it but haven't been able to stop thinking about it....
Just so you know this is not a political blog...although I guess I should say that I did not vote for the elected president....but wait...i said this wasn't a political blog...
This title struck my heart in a really weird way and I can't shake it...the more I have thought about the depth of that title it just makes my heart so incredibly sad! That article was way more than a political summary of the state of Americans now that the election is over rather I see it as a sad, but true, summary of the hearts of people in our world who are looking to be filled with things that will inevitably fail them, things that will leave them still looking for more, things that will never satisfy. Whether it is a relationship that has been missing, whether it is the Biggie Size meal at your local fast food joint, a winning season for your favorite sports team, your fastest run EVER, the feeling you get when you watch your favorite television show, the way you feel after reading a great novel, earning one more dollar an hour, etc. These are all things that we fill our lives with in hopes in feeling complete, whole, satisfied. There is an emptiness in all of us that we continually try to feed...
Why is it that we are drawn to temporary things? Why is it that we are so inclined to look in all the wrong places? Why is it that we find ourselves perplexed when we have no joy, no hope, no satisfaction in our lives? I believe that we all have THE ANSWER right in front of our faces and we chose to ignore it. "We fix our eyes on what is seen." rather than "what is unseen".
We have missed it.
*Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35
*Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
*The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. John 10:10
As I think about the Lord, He sent His Son to die for us, each and everyone of us, so that we can look towards Him for satisfaction, fulfillment, for LIFE. See it's that easy, when we surrender our lives to Him, He not only promises us eternal life, but life to the fullest while we are on this crazy earth. No amount of doughnuts will ever take the place of Him who is our ultimate satisfier! Not even Krispy Kreme doughnuts! ha!
I can't sit here and say that I live my life like I know these things to be true. I often look for fulfillment in other things than the Lord. But my heart longs to view Him as my only source of true LIFE and fulfillment. I long to see headlines say "Americans filled to the measure of all the fullness of God". Shoot, not even just Americans but all people groups in every nation.... When will we realize His fullfillment is the ultimate answer?
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