And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

— Isaiah 58:11

“For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

— Jeremiah 31:25

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

— Romans 15:13

But the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

— Mark 4:19

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst.

— John 6:35

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Christ be your grace and joy all your days!

Jesus purses all people—both favored and the forgotten. A thirst that cannot be satisfied by anything or anyone unless God abides with every one of us. The greatest need of all people is to know Him. Though we may not know what we truly need is Jesus and getting to know Him experientially, yet Jesus comes to us, and for us. Jesus shows us that we remain thirsty when we search for satisfaction apart from Him. Our sin and this world’s pleasures cannot satisfy the deepest longing of our hearts. In loving grace and with no condemnation, Jesus deliberately lifts the cover of our lives to expose our sin and to reveal the dissatisfied heart within.

After we are freed from the burden of our sin, Jesus opens our eyes to new life in Him. Our complete satisfaction lies in Jesus. In Jesus we can find true love, compassion, understanding, wisdom, and power. Praise and thank God! The salvation Jesus brings not only deals with sin, it enables us, the redeemed believers, to walk with God.