Deepness...

Deepness....

There are times, sometimes often, sometimes far apart, that my soul just longs for a deepness that cannot be met by anything of this world....not money, not pleasure, not material, not even human...just a knowing that God is the only person who can fill that void....His presence...His comfort, His peace,  His Word...that awareness that He is always present-a true gift in itself...

He knows before I even realize I need that deepness, because He created that need within each of us...He alone can fill that void, that longing...He sings to our heart, He has the melody that fills the silence...He speaks the Word ....

I think of the men walking to Emmaus after Christ's crucifixion and resurrection wondering, questioning, empty, the "whys", and Christ appeared and explained all to them, filling that void...and they wanted more of Him and then recognizing Him, they wanted to tell their friends...

The Word awakens our need, fulfills our deep longing, convicts...cleanses....thank YOU...

Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.” He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.
Luke 24:13-35







Jesus Always, Sarah Young
"DESIRING HIM
I HAVE AWAKENED IN YOUR HEART A STRONG DESIRE TO KNOW ME. This longing originated in Me, though it now burns brightly in you.
Before you knew Me, you tried to find life in many different places. Often you would think you had found what you were searching for—only to be disappointed later. After you became thoroughly disillusioned, I reached down and took you into My own family. Later, you began thirsting for Me, longing to know Me at a deeper heart level. You set aside time to meet with Me as your living God—vibrantly present with you.
When you set out to know Me more intimately, I rejoiced but I wasn’t surprised. I had been pursuing you long before you began your quest. I was working in your life experiences, as well as in your heart, mind, and spirit. Your desire for a closer walk with Me grew out of My painstaking work in you.  I initiated your longing for Me, and your response delights Me.
It is important for you to know Me as the Initiator in our relationship. If you think it is your spiritual disciplines that keep you close to Me, you are at risk. Some days you may skimp on your time with Me or not be able to concentrate well. If you’re depending on your own efforts to stay near Me, you will feel distant from Me at such times. But if you are relying on Me—what I have done, am doing, will do—you know My Love for you is always assured. So you can rest in Me: trusting in My unfailing Love, flourishing in My abiding Presence.
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. PSALM 63: 1
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? PSALM 42: 2
"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” JOHN 15: 5 NASB

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever. PSALM 52: 8"