Forthright Fixation

I am restless. Mom says I frequently get a bad case of “the flits” and it’s true. I will pace when I’m on the phone, knit as I read or listen to a dull lecture, and fidget with anything I can when I’m done eating and haven’t left the table yet. It’s hard for me to still my thoughts and listen to the Lord and pray. When music is playing, I will tap out the dance tempo with my toes and muse about dancing it. Always a restless dissatisfaction lingers in my soul, and I am constantly impatient for something better or different.

The Lord has often addressed this issue in my heart over the years, and particularly in this season of life. He’s called me to Himself, and challenged me to find in Him my all in all, and to be wholly satisfied with Him alone. Specifically, He’s lead me to ponder the following Scripture passages:

“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you and everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.” (Is. 55:1-3, ESV)

“‘Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.’ The woman said to Him, ‘Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.’” (John 4:14-15, ESV)

“Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” (John 6:27, ESV)

He is better than anything this world has to offer, better than anything bought with tender. Why, indeed, do I seek anything besides Him — I know it will prove fruitless in the end. I need to delight in Him, to listen diligently to Him, and my soul will live — never again to thirst or hunger — and will be sealed for Him alone.

My favorite hymn is Come Thou Fount, by Robert Robinson. It’s really my heart’s cry, the prayer that I cannot cease praying in this season. It, too, reminds me of my own restlessness, and my great need to be satisfied in Him alone.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above.

Are you restless today? Seek Him first. Let the Lord tame your unruly soul as He does mine. Let’s be delighted with Him and say in faith that He is enough for all of our needs.

Filed under: Joy in Christ, Satisfied