Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Somedays, I find God takes out a little archeological brush and dusts off something sweet, timeless, and true, that has seemingly always been right beneath my nose. In fact, I’m quite sure I’ve seen this little treasure before, probably looked it dead in the eyes. But today, I guess I really saw it…or maybe the truth of it just dug deeper.

Today I nestled in to watch the final video talk in Beth Moore’s Patriarch study. It has been an amazing study as we journeyed through the lives of Abraham to Joseph. I have loved every minute of it. The last few weeks have been particularly poignant in light of things I’m going through right now. As she closed out the final session she left us with these parting words:

“When you feel that longing, know what it is.
Don’t look for something on this earth to heal it.
It won’t heal.
It is your heart string tied to your heavenly home.
Sit back in the ache of it.
And know that every time you feel it, it is the echo of reality…this is not all there is.”

And there it was, all dusted off and in its stunning beauty.
Longing.
Longing is inevitable. It is incessant, and unceasing.
Ever present and rarely tame. There is no cure for Longing in this world.
There is only One who can satisfy it.

For months I have been wrestling with some decisions concerning future seasons in my life. I have had peace at times, confusion at others. Moments of confirmation and courage, days of fear and doubt. I keep waiting for the dust to settle and the abiding peace to coast me on into His will. This week I find myself uncomfortable and at the end of the day groaning, “this doesn’t satisfy, me Lord. This direction, this decision, doesn’t satisfy me.”

And the Lord’s straightforward response… “And it never will, Sara.”
No calling, no career, no destiny will satisfy all the Longings inside.
My satisfaction must be found in Him, alone.

No matter where this life takes me, the Longings will remain.
Created and deposited, intentionally by the only One who can fulfill them.
So that in every season I might seek Him.

I am beginning to learn more and more how my whole life is about a journey of the heart.
He is after mine, and I am after His, that is the main story line of my life.
Everything else is just a sideline.