SATISFIED REST

Exodus 33:7-11

The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.

My heart’s desire is to know the Lord so intimately that, like Moses, He speaks to me face to face, as His friend. This kind of relationship can only be accomplished by forsaking all. Like Moses we need to pull away from all else to our “Tent of Meeting” with the Lord. In order for us to enter the presence of our Holy God, our hearts must be expectantly prepared to invite Him in on a daily basis, with our belief in Jesus as Savior, but more definitively as OUR LORD, MASTER AND RULER. When the Lord examines our hearts, there must be NO thing or NO one which keeps us from being able to be in His presence because there is No thing or No one who comes before Him.

Much of our dissatisfaction with life comes from our seeking the wrong thing or one to satisfy our physical needs for love, affirmation, respect and provision. More importantly, we find no rest in our seeking because we are not satisfied spiritually to the core of our souls by the only ONE who can. Julian of Norwich, a 14^th century devout mystic renowned for hours in contemplative prayer shares,

Until I am really and truly oned and fastened to God so that there is nothing created between us, I will never have full rest or complete happiness.

To be satisfied means we are content, happy and fulfilled. To be divinely satisfied by God is to fully rest in the truth we are completely satisfied in our oneness with Him (John 10:30, 17:21-23) and Him alone. Acknowledging this truth affords us the pleasure and blessing of entering into friendship with God.