HE who is satisfied is rich indeed. There are yearnings in the human heart which all the wealth of the world cannot satisfy, and it is natural to man to seek and to desire that which the world cannot give him. We hear constantly from the lips of those who have seen most of the world that they are tired and weary of it—they are still unsatisfied.
Christ not only saves, He satisfies. “He that cometh to Me," He says,” shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst." (John 6:3535And 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 6:35).) Thus the soul craves not, but reposes. We are invited to come to Jesus for satisfaction, and promised it on coming. Some obtain but little from Christ, for they expect little.
The water of life which the Lord offered when He sat by the side of Jacob's well to her who came thither to draw, was living water. It was ever fresh, ever bubbling up. Not stored water, but springing up water" springing up into everlasting life” (ch. 4:14). Now this is in the very person who has come to Jesus, and what a figure it is of absolute satisfaction! The believer is not ever going to the well to draw, but he carries about wherever he goes in him the living water which Christ has filled into his heart.
“He that eateth Me... shall live by Me” (ch. 6:57), says the Lord, and explains to us, that as He lived by the Father, communing with Him and feeding upon His words, so we who eat Him shall live by Him. Jesus was ever satisfied, ever at rest, and He shows to His people in His grace, the way of rest and satisfaction.