Restlessness

I am restless. I continually search for things, and I am so unaware of this disquitude inside, that it doesn't seem obvious, until I start to examine my heart.

It is indeed a fact that the human heart is prone to search for things that we think may satisfy our idol making hearts. Things much smaller than Jesus.
It is natural for a human that is bent from birth to seek for satisfaction in things other than God himself.
Even after God saves us, we still tend to turn towards idols for completion and rest.

What we need engraved on our hearts is that Christ has already secured everything we will ever need. And every single thing that we feel like we may be missing. When Christ saves us, we are set free and we are His. There is nothing better than the fact that we are his children, his bride, his beloved.

Any emptiness, holes or void that we try to fill is not because Jesus did not completely give us everything we need In Him, it is only because we are seeking things other than Him.

"Typically, it's not that Christians seek to blatantly replace the gospel. What we try to do is simply add to it." - Tullian Tchividjian

Smart man, that Tullian. So what are you trying to find rest in? What are you trying to add to Jesus to find satisfaction? Let's examine our hearts, pray that the Lord will shed light on these idols, then repent and live fully satisfied and in awe of our God.

"Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God." - Martin Luther