Satisfied & content in Him alone

 When I am drawing near to Jesus and seeking Him consistently, I find myself writing a lot more. So it's easy to say I haven't written a blog post in a while... This season of life I have been in, has been a drought to say the least. Playing my last summer of select softball, getting surgery on my hand, saying bye to my friends leaving for college… It’s been full of tears and opportunities to depend on God, but to be honest I didn’t do that; I haven't done that. I’ve been numb to the feeling of drawing near to Jesus, and honestly, that is probably why this season of life has been so hard. 

I'm going to be open and honest with the hope that at least several people can relate to what i'm going to say... When life gets hard, sometimes I start to rely on this world. I rely on the music in my phone to make me happy, I look to my friends to give me joy during moments of sadness, I seek the approval of boys when I start to feel ugly, I scroll through social media to distract me from facing my problems, until I slowly i'm so surrounded by things of this world, I can't even see my purpose anymore. 

Being satisfied means “to be contented.”

And you cannot be truly content without Jesus… At least I know I can't. 

Yes, I can snapchat a cute boy and for a moment feel worthy or beautiful because they say so. And yes I could even post a picture that I feel pretty in and get lots of likes and comments, to feel good about myself for a few minutes. Or I could even scroll through tik tok when I get sad and probably laugh and smile at a couple of videos. But what happens when the boy stops answering? The comments and likes stop coming? Your phone dies? What do you do then? 

Your left feeling empty again. 

I heard this metaphor one time in a sermon, about when it’s so hot outside and you're running around, that an ice cold glass of lemonade sounds so refreshing. But when you drink it, you're left feeling thirsty again, because your body NEEDS water.

Our bodies spiritually are just the same. Things of this world are like lemonade. And when we are running around living our lives, not taking time to slow down, and be in the presence of Jesus, we grow thirsty. And the things of this earth taste and sound so good… but the moment after you take a drink, you are left feeling thirsty all over again; 

Moments after we satisfy ourselves with things of this world we are left in need of a drink from the Fountain of Life; all over again. 

At first I had thought I would title this blog post, “temporary satisfaction VS. constant satisfaction.” but the more I think about it, when we think we are “satisfied” with the things of this world, we actually aren't satisfied at all- just merely distracted. Because if being “satisfied” means to be “contented”, that can ONLY be through Jesus. 

Let me give some biblical proof to this stance… 

My all time favorite person in the bible is Paul the apostle. Once a persecutor of christians becomes one of the most mighty leaders for Jesus that we see in the Bible… But the season in Paul's life that I have learned from the most, was the years he was in prison. 

As he writes to the church, with shackles around his hands and feet, in a dark and cold prison cell, he says,

11 I do not speak because I have need, for I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. 12 I know both how to face humble circumstances and how to have abundance. Everywhere and in all things I have learned the secret, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things because of Christ who strengthens me.

How can one be satisfied in those types of conditions? Because they have found the secret that he writes about in that letter. 

That secret is Jesus. 

Paul solely relied on Jesus to be satisfied. nothing else. only Jesus. 

Paul, in prison, for his faith, has the heart to write to his church an encouraging letter? This sounds crazy right? How could someone who has been prosecuted for his faith, and thrown into shackles for following Jesus, STILL have an overflowing heart to continue to encourage the church? The answer is simple. He is satisfied. 


I really hope that whoever reads this, and relates to the struggle that I have faced, and continue to face, can start to seek and pray for contentment and satisfaction in Jesus alone. 

For the next three days I am deleting social media, and cutting out certain foods, to deprive myself and solely rely on Him. There are so many ways of fasting and I encourage you if you're reading these and have felt distant to Jesus the way I have, to deprive yourself of something important to you, and spend your time drawing near in prayer and bible study. I have found that this is one of the best ways to get back on track. 

I know that I usually post my latest blog posts on instagram, so if you're seeing this through my instagram then please DM me if you need prayer or just someone to talk to!! 

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