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Monday, March 18, 2013

Never Wanting in Jesus Christ! John 7: 37-39


Never Wanting in Jesus Christ!


Are you wanting in life, never satisfied? Then Heed this one irrevocable, Eternal and timeless, universal truth and answer to your question: Apart from trusting in Jesus, you will be found always wanting; never satisfied in life; always looking to self or others to feed your need--that they just can't! Apart from Jesus, there is nothing but a lifeless, sin cursed, if you will, Zombie like,dead Existence; without meaning, without joy and the discovery that Apart from Jesus, nothing, or, no one is sufficient to the task; for only Jesus can restore you to the chief end in life and this is to glorify God!

You must take inventory to your heart and evaluate your longings, needs and wants in Life:

Do you feel that you are currently wanting and not happy in life?

Do you find the things of this world seek to draw you in for a season, but then, always leave you unsatisfied, incomplete, unaccepted, rejected, dishonored, full of guilt and shame?

Regardless of the achievements, riches, Status, popularity etc..., In such conditions, if you are living outside of the blessings of believing on Jesus for everlasting life to Know God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit! You will always be found wanting, coming up short, never satisfied, working under the endless efforts of always falling short, never coming to terms of your efforts every being enough, finding always that it is never enough, and you will never achieve perfection of yourself, with an imperfect life, ruled under the control of the sin cursed self.

Scriptures teach that apart from trusting in Christ in this life, the wicked are never satisfied. In Contrast, for the believer, there is a great sense of immovable contentment when trusting in Jesus Christ, the chief Shepherd of your soul.

But apart from trusting in Jesus Christ, you will find yourself separated from God in this life and for all eternity; there will always be a restless wandering and discontented soul and a wicked rage against your God and creator; being controlled by the sin cursed self and having wickedness rule your being; such a condition will rot the core of your very being never contented or satisfied in life at all! Indeed, in such a condition, there will be great rage and emptiness to the core of your being that sins hold on you will pain your very existence with great hunger pains that will never be satisfied no matter how hard you seek to satisfy such hunger pains to make them go away, to find relief by your own merits, works, quest for riches and temporal pleasure of this life, you will always turn up insufficient, hungry and never satisfied apart from believing in Jesus!: 25 “The righteous eat to their hearts content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.” Proverbs 13:25

Not withstanding, How great the Joy, peace and contentment in life when your heart is at peace with God through The LORD Jesus Christ, who is God the Son, Mighty to Save! Hence, believing on Jesus Christ will result in having the fullness Jesus Christ in you who will  fill you with true abundant everlasting life full of great joy, bringing great health and blessing to your body, soul and spirit in this life.

But when you are not at peace with God, there is great restlessness,a great wandering, never getting to the desired end, a wanting and increased envy and covetousness that rots the core of your very existence!“30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, “but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 14:30

The Apostle John bears eyewitness testimony to Jesus, the fountain of living water, that by believing in Him will flow everlasting life of the rivers of living water in the person of the Holy Spirit:

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”[a] 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. –John 7:37-39

Jn. 7:38: "Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."] "The metaphor appears, no doubt, to be somewhat harsh, when he says that rivers of living water shall flow out of the belly of believers; but there can be no doubt as to the meaning, that they who believe shall suffer no want of spiritual blessings. He calls it living water, the fountain of which never grows dry, nor ceases to flow continually."As John Calvin comments on John 7:38 “…they who believe shall suffer no want of spiritual blessing…”

Therefore, check yourself to see whether you are in the faith, Gauge your wanting--are you satisfied in the Sufficiency of Jesus the only Eternal Shepherd of your soul, or are you wanting another, unequaled to His Eternal glory? Are you wanting in this life never contented?

If your answer is "yes", Then you are not sharing in the spiritual blessing of Knowing Jesus the Eternal God and Shepherd of your soul! Believing in the Sufficiency of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection and he efficacy of His Shed blood for the forgiveness of sins; results, in never wanting in life; If you are wanting in this life and are looking for any other person, place or thing unequaled to fill those longings apart from Jesus, then you are not believing in Jesus’ Sufficiency and you will not declare with King David, “the Lord is My Shepherd, I shall not want!" Psalm 23:1. If you answer "yes"' Then You will be ever wanting and find yourself ever in despair among the non-elect outside of Christ.

Believe On Christ Jesus in your life and discover for yourself the LORD is you Shepherd, you shall not Want! And find for yourself, the chief end in your life is to glorify God through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, your God and Savior!

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