Opening Prayer: O God, you are the fountain of life. You are the only one who can fully satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts. Help us to refuse to settle for anything less. Amen.
Scripture: Psalm 36:7-9
Journal: Where in your life are you settling for the almost instead of pursuing the ultimate? What fountains are you drinking from other that God? What would it look like to drink from his river of delights and feast on the abundance of his house? Will you?
Reflection: A wise man once said that we will get what we are willing to accept. In other words, if we are willing to settle for what almost satisfies, we will never be able to experience that which fully satisfies. We sacrifice the ultimate for the almost. We can either drink from God’s river of delights and feast on the abundance of his house, or we can eat and drink from that which the world has to offer, but we cannot do both. The problem is that, in this life, the almost is so much easier and so much more accessible than the ultimate. And once we have settled for the almost, it is hard to turn back. We become addicted to the ease and the immediacy of it.
But God offers us so much more than that, if we would simply refuse to settle for less. He alone is the source of life and love and fullness. He is the only one who can fill us to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:19) He alone is the fountain of life; everything else is just a cheap imitation.
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