A Portion of Infinity

There is something about the human heart that is not made for this world. The earth is limited and finite and although we exist within it, we cannot be satisfied by it. Our desires are deeper, our needs more extensive, and our souls more immeasurable. We have a hole in our hearts that longs to be filled, and cries out for infinity! But we get distracted. Rather than running to find the one thing that can actually fill our hole, we begin to fill it with whatever we can grab, desperately hoping it will fit--or at least patch it over temporarily. Our lives are full of blessings, even immeasurable blessings such as love and joy, but when we begin to depend on these things to fill our hole, we realize that without perfection, they are not as vast as they seemed. Our love is flawed, our joy circumstantial. The world will fail us, our own hearts will fail us, and what a wonderful discovery it is that God is everything we need! That can be easy to say, but when something we want is at risk, it can seem that we need more than what God is offering. Is it your future? Your child's future? Your safety? Are you putting these things before Him? Surely, they cannot fill your heart. We desire to be loved, but who is more loving than the One who sent His only Son to die in our place? We want to be joyful, but what can bring more joy to someone than the news we are no longer slaves to sin? We can search the world for satisfaction and pleasure, but what could be more blissful than connection with omniscient, benevolent Creator of the universe?

What can we desire compared to the Lord!? This question can best be answered by another, recorded in Psalm 74, written by Asaph:

Whom do I have in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides you
My heart and my flesh fail
But God is the strength of my heart and portion forever (v. 25-26)

We have nothing that can compare to riches of the Lord! He is our satisfaction, our joy, our security. Look within yourself, and pray this prayer (above) that Asaph prayed so long ago. God is more valuable than anything we could desire, and he is calling us to Himself. Augustine said it so perfectly in the 4th century, and it will always be true:

"Oh Lord you made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until we find our rest in You"