Some years ago a popular song professed, “You can’t always get what you want…, but you might get what you need.” Vicious circles, or cycles, pivot on hungering and thirsting for what will satisfy your heart’s desire. Vicious circles also attempt to appease your need for belonging.
This type of hungering and thirsting may be costly – emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Proverbs 6:27-28 asks, “Can a man scoop fire onto his lap without burning his clothes? Can he walk on hot coals without damaging his feet?”
It’s impossible to engage in vicious circles and avoid negative consequences. Finding ways to satisfy your need for identity and belonging may demand altering your ambitions. Listen to Jesus from John 6:35: “I am the bread of life. Those who come to me will never go hungry, and those who believe in me will never thirst.” Jesus answers our need for purpose and belonging. Have you responded to his invitation?
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You,
God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, and my body
longs for you, [as if] in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
~Psalm 63:1 New International Version
[Jesus
promised,] “The water I give will become [like] a flowing fountain that gives
eternal life.”
~John
4:14 Contemporary English Version
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