Is Jesus Enough???

Why do we feel so empty at times? Why do we have the desire to love and be loved by others? Can marriage really meet our heart's deepest desire for companionship? If marriage and human relationships is all we need to be happy, satisfied and fulfilled, why then are some married people so unhappy? Why are Hollywood stars who have all the wealth and beautiful women so unhappy?

For every desire, there is something to satisfy it. We have sexual desires and there is sex to satisfy it. We feel hungry and there is food to satisfy the hunger. Therefore, could it be that since our desire for love can not be completely met by mere human relationship, could it be that they are meant for someone else? Someone greater and bigger than life itself? Someone infinite? C.S. Lewis and Augustine of Hippo give us insight into these fundamental questions:

"You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee." Augustine of Hippo

"There is a God-shaped void in each one of our hearts. Only God can fill it." C.S Lewis.

Jesus in His interaction with the Samaritan women finally answers the question. "If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to the, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water......... Jesus answered and said to her, whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." John 4:10,13-14.

God made us so that He might be our "Immanuel", God with Us. So that He might dwell among us and indwell us. Our heart's deepest desire for companionship is not for her/him, but for God. And nothing else can do. We are wired to love Him and be satisfied in Him, thus the conclusion by C.S Lewis that " there is a God-shaped void in each one of us." We will never be happy and satisfied with any other form of relationship until we fall in love with God first. It is no accident that Adam had to be put to sleep while God created Eve. He wanted them to fall in love with Him( God) first before falling in love with each other (Adam & Eve). How do you tell true love from fake love? When you taste God's love first, and that becomes the standard of measure of true love. "Seek ye the Kingdom of heaven first and all shall be added unto you." Earthly relationships will become even more meaningful and satisfy because they will then occupy their rightful place in our lives.

"Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Isaiah 55:2

He is the bread of life. May our taste buds be transformed and our appetites changed so that we may, with all our heart and soul, hunger and desire after Him. He is the true bread sent from heaven and He will surely satisfy us. He is the water of life. If we drink of Him, we will never thirst again. And finally, He is the light of the world. If we accept Him, He will guide us through life's dark paths. So, is Jesus enough? YES He is. He is the true light, the rest are simply beams of light, He is the true object and the rest are just shadows. He is Immanuel, God with us.

May God never let me/us fall in love with anyone else until I/we are happy in HIM. He is all that we need and the rest are simply shadows of the real thing.