Psalms 107:9
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
God instills a hunger in our hearts for justification and sanctification. Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the unbeliever is drawn by the Father's cords of love and convicted of their sinfulness and need for a Savior. When faith in Christ's sacrificial work is received into the heart, that person is born of the Spirit of God, and a thirsty soul who aches for peace with God is satisfied. Similarly, God instills a deep hunger in the heart of the Christian. Like Paul, they reach a point in their lives when they, too, cry out to know Christ more intimately. The saved individual begins to learn that salvation is not just the exciting point of rebirth into the family of God but also a journey through life where faith is tried and tested, and God is proved faithful once again. Those who seek Him with their whole heart discover over time that He is the one who satisfies the thirsty soul and calms the troubled breast. It is not the self-sufficient or self-reliant soul whose hunger is satisfied but the one who yearns for the fullness of Christ. It is not the self-satisfied, independent person or the carnal Christian who finds comfort in the passing pleasures of this fallen world, but the one who prays to the living God. The one who seeks God with his whole heart is the one who finds satisfaction in the Lord. Christ alone is the living water of life, and those who know Him discover Him to be a well of refreshing water that springs up into everlasting life.
Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Matthew 22:37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
1 Peter 1:9
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.