Icing on the Cake
“Whoever comes to Me will never hunger.”
This is a hard scripture for me. I still hunger. I have gone to Jesus, but I still hunger. I still have desires and hopes. I still feel achy on a bad day and cry because I feel alone sometimes. I have dreams that aren’t yet fulfilled and grand ideas of the life I want. I still have insecurities and struggle to know what to do.
I still hunger. I want more than I have and wish for less of my flaws. I have wants and needs. And they’re real. They don’t disappear because of my relationship with Christ. But He puts them into perspective.
Whoever comes to Me will never hunger.
I might crave other things, but when my God becomes my daily bread, I’m fed. When I rely on His word over all the other voices - it’s enough. Sure, there might be bad days when it doesn’t feel like enough, but it is. He is always enough for us.
When we have Him, we lack nothing. We have the One who loves us more than we could comprehend and promises good things to those who follow Him. This quarantine has opened my eyes to the things to the areas I look to for love and affection instead of Him. But I have discovered again and again that peace only truly comes to my soul when I let Him become my sustenance. When He sustains me, everything else is just icing on the cake.
Father,
Thank You for being our safety and our restoration. Thank You for teaching us about Your love and care over and over again - never wavering in patience and generosity.
Father, teach us how to rely on You alone. Instruct us in who we are to become and quench the hunger and the thirst for things of this world.
God, we love You. You are everything to us. Show us how to live that way. Amen.