3 MAY 23 Wednesday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“My child, never forget the things I have taught you. Store my commands in your heart. If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying.” Proverbs 3:1-2
The purpose projected by the writer of proverbs is to seek wisdom and cherish it like the treasure that it is. The problem is, we seek after everything that our flesh desires. Our own self-interests captivate our lives to the point we become addicts to pleasure. The sad reality is that nothing in this life really satisfies and we are left wanting.
There are times when I am hiking through the mountains and I just get so thirsty. When I get that drink of cool water, it just hits the spot. You know that feeling, right? Nothing satisfies like water. God has created in each and every one of us, a thirst and a hunger. In this life we can feel it and try to satisfy it with relationships, food, drink, materials, and other ideas the world offers us.
The longing and thirst still remain because nothing in this world satisfies this kind of thirst, but God himself. God has revealed himself in the Scriptures of the Bible and he says that we cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that comes from the Father. When we inwardly digest it, there is satisfaction and life. It hits the spot like nothing else. His words to us ring clear if we want to be satisfied in this life. Surrender your life to him and get his word into your heart. Then you will find satisfaction.
Are you dissatisfied with this life?
Reading Plan: Psalm 119:49-72; Prov. 3; Col. 1:24-2:7; Luke 6:27-38
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