That Someone

I have a thirst for something not of this world.

A thirst for, for peace, for redemption, for healing, for salvation, for eternal joy, for home.

This thirst I have will never be quenched on the earth. But I look to quench it everyday.

I look in all the wrong places. I look in places that leave me empty and wanting more.
I look in places that promise fulfillment but leave me dry. Alone.

This thirst I'm longing to quench?

Well, you're looking for it too.

Our souls long for it. It's engrained at the center of our being to long for this completion, this wholeness, this perfection.

But the problem is:
Somewhere along the way we've lost sight of the One thing that can fill us.

Instead, we settle for everything less than and not enough. We settle for things that use and abuse. Things that lie. Things that damage. Things that scar.

We've been left scarred, broken, confused, and mistreated countless times. But we keep seeking in all the same places. All the wrong places.

We think, "Maybe this time I'll be filled."

We keep seeking. We keep breaking. We're broken. We're shattered.

Then that One thing.

It comes out of glorious light into our enveloping darkness, and speaks.

It says, "Come to me all you who are weary and I will give you rest."

You say, "All you who are weary? I'm weary."

This glorious light comes closer, meeting you right where you are. The darkness turns to light, exposing all your shattered parts.

You panic.

But then there's peace.

Inexplainable, all encompassing peace.

And it fills you.

This peace brings you hope.
This hope brings you promises.
This promise brings you a baby.
This baby brings you a Savior.
This Savior brings you healing.
This Savior gives you life.
New Life.

This New Life means your search is over.

The One your soul longs for has come.
He has come to set you free from this search. He has come to quench your thirst.

I have a thirst for something SOMEONE not of this world.

That Someone has come into this world.
That Someone has brought peace, redemption, healing, salvation, and eternal joy.
That Someone promises to take me home.
That Someone is Jesus.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28