What do you need? What do you really need?

John 7:37-39
Tree of Life Version
Satisfying Spiritual Thirst
37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Yeshua stood up and cried out loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture says, ‘out of his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” [a] 39 Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach[b] was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.

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I love this video. It touches on something that I have grappled with and I'm sure so many others have and still are, if they haven't yet been saved.

I spent a large portion of my life living for myself. I didn't even realize it. I was searching but didn't know what I was searching for, because I was doing it through my SELF, stuck in the pride of my own "power" (haha) and independence. But the void was always there, even when I ignored it and pretended that wasn't so.

When I surrendered myself to Jeshua, everything changed. I now understand Philippians 4:7, regarding the peace that surpasses all understanding.

It was so simple, yet so profound. My ego
fought it for so long. I believe now that the ego is the spirit of the antichrist, and inviting Yeshua into your heart destroys it, making room for the Holy Spirit to live and work.

It really is so simple. Why is it so darn hard for us to get it?

Because of following the heart. It's a battle every day, every minute.

Jeremiah 17:9-10
New International Version
9 The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?

10 “I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”

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