A man named Blaise Pascal wrote the following. This man was a child prodigy. He was a genius. He is the mind behind MANY things that we all take for granted in this age. His genius was important to the people of his time. He was known. He was respected. He was, in the world's eyes, successful.

But, he knew that he was nothing. Absolutely dependent upon his Maker for life. He found real joy:

in the year of the Lord 1654
Monday, November 23
From about half-past ten in the evening
until half-past twelve.

Fire

God of Abraham, God if Isaac, God of Jacob
Not of philosophers nor of the scholars.
Certitude. Certitude. Feeling. Joy, Peace.
God of Jesus Christ,
My God and thy God.
“Thy God shall be my God.”
Forgetfulness of the world and of everything, except God.
He is to be found only by the ways taught in the Gospel.
Greatness of the soul of man.
“Righteous Father, the world hath not know thee,
but I have know thee.”
Joy, joy, joy, tears of joy.

Jesus Christ.
I have fallen away: I have fled from Him,
denied Him, crucified him.
May I not fall away forever.
We keep hold of him only by the ways taught in the Gospel.
Renunciation, total and sweet.
Total submission to Jesus Christ and to my director.
Eternally in joy for a day’s exercise on earth.
I will not forget Thy word. Amen.

He understood that to have joy, Jesus Christ must be the soul reason for living. Not wealth or knowledge. Not fame or fortune.

Jesus Christ.

He found that Jesus was indeed enough to satisfy. The privilege to be known by God, to know God, to taste His goodness, was enough quench His thirst for something more. We all thirst for something. That something is a relationship with Jesus. If we do not actively seek Him, we miss out on the fullness of His glory that can be found in relationship with Him. I am so thankful for the satisfaction found in abiding with Jesus in this world. I cannot wait to experience it in its fullness when all marks of sin are forever replaced with holiness. 

Thank you, Jesus, for knowing me, loving me, and allowing me to know You, too. And, for allowing me to drink from Your cup that promises that I will never be thirsty forever.