Only Christ can satisfy

My dear one,

I've come under conviction about holding you up, or even holding up the idea of you, as an idol without which I can't find true satisfaction. Though God has already picked you out for me (if you do exist), it will never not your job, nor is it in your power, to make me happy. Only the Lord Jesus Christ can satisfy the hungerings and thirstings and deepest longings of my soul.

Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; 

I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

Psalm 34:8 

O taste and see that the Lord is good:

blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

Psalm 36:7-9 

How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, O God!

therefore the children of men put their trust 

under the shadow of Thy wings.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; 

and Thou shalt make them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.
For with Thee is the fountain of life: 

in Thy light shall we see light. 

Psalm 42:1-2
As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: 

when shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 63:1 

O God, Thou art my God;

early will I seek Thee: 

my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee 

in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.

Psalm 119:20, 103, 131

My soul breaketh for the longing

that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times.

How sweet are Thy words unto my taste!

yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I opened my mouth, and panted:

for I longed for Thy commandments.

Isaiah 55:1-2
Ho, every one that thirsteth, 

come ye to the waters, 

and he that hath no money; 

come ye, buy, and eat; 

yea, come, buy wine and milk 

without money and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? 

and your labour for that which satisfieth not? 

hearken diligently unto Me, 

and eat ye that which is good, 

and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Matthew 5:6 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:

for they shall be filled.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; 

and all these things shall be added unto you.

John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, 

If thou knewest the gift of God, 

and who it is that saith to thee, 

Give Me to drink; 

thou wouldest have asked of Him, 

and He would have given thee living water.

John 4:13-14 

Jesus answered and said unto 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 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, 

I am the bread of life: 

he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; 

and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst. 

John 7:37 

In the last day, that great day of the feast,

Jesus stood and cried, saying, 

If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. 

1 Peter 2:2-3 

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, 

that ye may grow thereby:
if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

Revelation 21:6 

And He said unto me, It is done.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. 

I will give unto him that is athirst 

of the fountain of the water of life freely. 

Revelation 22:17b 

...And let him that is athirst come. 

And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

O Christ, in Thee my soul hath found,

And found in Thee alone,

The peace, the joy I sought so long,

The bliss till now unknown.

Refrain:

Now none but Christ can satisfy,

None other name for me;

There's love, and life, and lasting joy,

Lord Jesus, found in Thee.

I sighed for rest and happiness,

I yearned for them, not Thee;

But while I passed my Saviour by,

His love laid hold on me.

I tried the broken cisterns, Lord,

But ah! the waters failed!

E'en as I stooped to drink they'd fled,

And mocked me as I wailed.

The pleasures lost I sadly mourned,

But never wept for Thee,

Till grace the sightless eyes received,

Thy loveliness to see.

(B.E., 19th cent.)