Never Enough

A man named Jesus spoke on mountain tops, in boats in seas, He talked in small and large crowds about the truth and people gathered around Him to see miracles. The acts He performed, we only dream of:

He cured the blind, lepers, paralytics, bleeding and diseased.
He raised the dead.
He walked on water and calmed a storm.
He fed 5000 people, with five loaves of bread, and two fish.

What amazes me about that last one and some of the others is the reaction of the crowds afterward. 5000 followers were miraculously filled with food and yet what was their response?

'What more can you show us so we'll believe?'(Paraphrased John 6:30)

I carry this idea over in life. The idea that we never have enough. This is a human condition. The craving, and insatiable desire of the flesh. We have not enough money, not enough house, yes ladies even not enough shoes. It's just not enough happiness. We want more signs, we want more money we want more external goods to satisfy our soul. Even Aristotle thought it was silly:"Some think that a very moderate amount of virtue is enough, but set no limit to their desires of wealth, property, power, reputation, and the like."

There are a lot of people hurting, whether in our heart or in physical pain. We come from all walks of life, we are raised in difference houses, with different principles but we all share the same pain of seeking happiness and never truly finding it. Think about that, have you found happiness? Or are you even looking for it?

Jesus responded to these crowds after they wanted more and more miracles. He said:

"I am the bread of life, No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again. But as I told you, you've seen Me, and yet you do not believe. Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last day. For this is the will of My father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

We seek to drink alcohol for fun until we pass out. We seek to steal the sacrality of sex from marriage to please our empty desires. We want perfect relationships and we seek them from imperfect people. We work 14 hour days to accumulate wealth and miss the priceless youth of our children. We watch Television daily and call it quality family time. We even eat until we have to change into elastic sweat pants!

What is the reality of it all? Without TV, we can hear the cries of our children or spouses. Without alcohol, we're not abusive, but we're happily sober and healthy. By living within our monetary means, we don't have debt haunting our dreams. By not chasing sex we seek other ways to fill that hole in our hearts. And I tell you from experience. The only way to fill that hole in your heart, is by eating of the bread of life.

I ask myself this daily. What is it that I'm seeking to fill my holes and how often does it fail to fill me? Filling my desires with this world fails me repeatedly. The love that Jesus Christ displayed in His torture, death and resurrection is the only desire that promises and delivers.

Believe it or not, there is no strength in denying that we need a savior. I've been on the other end of that stick and my true strength came when I gave my life to Him. Don't go another day without Him.