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Daily Devotion - Matthew 23:37 - Unfulfilled Longing
What do you long for in this life? Perhaps you long for love from a parent, a spouse, or a child. Maybe your desire is for something for others, or maybe your longing is based on a desire for yourself. True longings, meaning those deep desires based on the truth of who you are and who God is, are good things, even if they remain unfulfilled.
Jesus expressed deep longing. He longed for His children to come to Him and rest in the shelter of His arms:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37).
You can almost hear the pleading in His words: please come to Me; please let me hold you and comfort you and protect you; please receive my love. But they were not willing, and His longing was not realized. Despite His longing being unfulfilled, He continued – and continues – to long for the same thing: His true heart’s desire to gather us to Him.
Unrealized Desires
Just like Jesus, sometimes our longings are not realized, whether due to the choices of others, circumstances beyond our choosing, or even our own poor choices. But without Christ to guide us, walking on the path He walked where the longing was unfulfilled can be discouraging or feel hopeless, and we can get quickly caught up in the failings or sins of others and fall into sin ourselves. However, Jesus did not lose Himself or forget who He was in response to Jerusalem being unwilling to respond to His plea.
What does it mean, to walk the path of longing with Christ?
I believe He wants us to share in His heart, and to fully share His heart and experience Him, we must walk with Him in both joy and difficulty, in both gain and loss. He desires us to be willing to love completely, no matter what.
I encourage you to walk the path of longing hand in hand with the One who loves perfectly. Allow His love to guide your steps and listen for His voice to gently lead and correct you and sustain you during those times of unfulfilled longing.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-23-37-unfulfilled-longing/
What do you long for in this life? Perhaps you long for love from a parent, a spouse, or a child. Maybe your desire is for something for others, or maybe your longing is based on a desire for yourself. True longings, meaning those deep desires based on the truth of who you are and who God is, are good things, even if they remain unfulfilled.
Jesus expressed deep longing. He longed for His children to come to Him and rest in the shelter of His arms:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37).
You can almost hear the pleading in His words: please come to Me; please let me hold you and comfort you and protect you; please receive my love. But they were not willing, and His longing was not realized. Despite His longing being unfulfilled, He continued – and continues – to long for the same thing: His true heart’s desire to gather us to Him.
Unrealized Desires
Just like Jesus, sometimes our longings are not realized, whether due to the choices of others, circumstances beyond our choosing, or even our own poor choices. But without Christ to guide us, walking on the path He walked where the longing was unfulfilled can be discouraging or feel hopeless, and we can get quickly caught up in the failings or sins of others and fall into sin ourselves. However, Jesus did not lose Himself or forget who He was in response to Jerusalem being unwilling to respond to His plea.
What does it mean, to walk the path of longing with Christ?
I believe He wants us to share in His heart, and to fully share His heart and experience Him, we must walk with Him in both joy and difficulty, in both gain and loss. He desires us to be willing to love completely, no matter what.
I encourage you to walk the path of longing hand in hand with the One who loves perfectly. Allow His love to guide your steps and listen for His voice to gently lead and correct you and sustain you during those times of unfulfilled longing.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-23-37-unfulfilled-longing/
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By DevotableDaily Devotion - Matthew 23:37 - Unfulfilled Longing
What do you long for in this life? Perhaps you long for love from a parent, a spouse, or a child. Maybe your desire is for something for others, or maybe your longing is based on a desire for yourself. True longings, meaning those deep desires based on the truth of who you are and who God is, are good things, even if they remain unfulfilled.
Jesus expressed deep longing. He longed for His children to come to Him and rest in the shelter of His arms:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37).
You can almost hear the pleading in His words: please come to Me; please let me hold you and comfort you and protect you; please receive my love. But they were not willing, and His longing was not realized. Despite His longing being unfulfilled, He continued – and continues – to long for the same thing: His true heart’s desire to gather us to Him.
Unrealized Desires
Just like Jesus, sometimes our longings are not realized, whether due to the choices of others, circumstances beyond our choosing, or even our own poor choices. But without Christ to guide us, walking on the path He walked where the longing was unfulfilled can be discouraging or feel hopeless, and we can get quickly caught up in the failings or sins of others and fall into sin ourselves. However, Jesus did not lose Himself or forget who He was in response to Jerusalem being unwilling to respond to His plea.
What does it mean, to walk the path of longing with Christ?
I believe He wants us to share in His heart, and to fully share His heart and experience Him, we must walk with Him in both joy and difficulty, in both gain and loss. He desires us to be willing to love completely, no matter what.
I encourage you to walk the path of longing hand in hand with the One who loves perfectly. Allow His love to guide your steps and listen for His voice to gently lead and correct you and sustain you during those times of unfulfilled longing.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-23-37-unfulfilled-longing/
What do you long for in this life? Perhaps you long for love from a parent, a spouse, or a child. Maybe your desire is for something for others, or maybe your longing is based on a desire for yourself. True longings, meaning those deep desires based on the truth of who you are and who God is, are good things, even if they remain unfulfilled.
Jesus expressed deep longing. He longed for His children to come to Him and rest in the shelter of His arms:
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.” (Matthew 23:37).
You can almost hear the pleading in His words: please come to Me; please let me hold you and comfort you and protect you; please receive my love. But they were not willing, and His longing was not realized. Despite His longing being unfulfilled, He continued – and continues – to long for the same thing: His true heart’s desire to gather us to Him.
Unrealized Desires
Just like Jesus, sometimes our longings are not realized, whether due to the choices of others, circumstances beyond our choosing, or even our own poor choices. But without Christ to guide us, walking on the path He walked where the longing was unfulfilled can be discouraging or feel hopeless, and we can get quickly caught up in the failings or sins of others and fall into sin ourselves. However, Jesus did not lose Himself or forget who He was in response to Jerusalem being unwilling to respond to His plea.
What does it mean, to walk the path of longing with Christ?
I believe He wants us to share in His heart, and to fully share His heart and experience Him, we must walk with Him in both joy and difficulty, in both gain and loss. He desires us to be willing to love completely, no matter what.
I encourage you to walk the path of longing hand in hand with the One who loves perfectly. Allow His love to guide your steps and listen for His voice to gently lead and correct you and sustain you during those times of unfulfilled longing.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-matthew-23-37-unfulfilled-longing/