Blake opened his Bible joyfully. It has been months since the first church visit that had changed his life and now he was absolutely in love with the Bible and every word that came straight from the lips of God. It satisfied him and made his soul complete. He laughed at the memory of him sitting in that church thinking that Jesus could never fill the void in his heart and now he knew how hopeless that seemed. He knew Jesus was the only way to fulfillment and now nothing else compared to the feeling he got while worshipping God or reading His word. It was indescribable and nothing apart from God could ever be enough to satisfy him. He turned to the book of Psalms which he was currently studying and turned to chapter 23. The entire Psalm highlighted exactly how he felt.
1 The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside quiet waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He guides me in the path of righteousness
For His name's sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me
5 You prepare a table before me in the
Presence of my enemies;
You have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows
6 Surely goodness and lovingkindness will
Follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. ( from the NASB)
Moral: God is the only thing that will ever be enough to satisfy your soul! I can't tell you how overwhelmingly true this is. I have thought that things would make me happy or make me feel complete, but as soon as I got those things, I was just left feeling empty. God is and always be the only thing that makes you feel complete.
This is the final part to the "Search for Fulfillment" and the song in part 3 of "The Supremacy of Jesus Christ" trilogy by Full of Eyes fits this lesson so well and it is absolutely beautiful. It is called "All I Want is You" and it is by Matt Papa. Some of the lyrics are:
"This life is just a vapor,
I have but one pursuit
This life is not enough for me
All I want is you"
Another really good song that fits really well with this lesson is "Everything" by Lifehouse and a church actually created an amazingly beautiful skit for this song and it's called the Everything skit. I nearly cried watching it, I totally recommend looking it up and looking up "All I Want is You" both amazing songs. God Bless!
