These are lyrics from one of my favorite Musical Artists.  I was driving around today and this song was at the end of a CD mix I made.  I didn’t expect it, but it really just caught me.

Have You Ever
Written by Shawn McDonald

Have you ever wanted to be someone else
Have you ever wanted just to be someone
Have you ever wanted to reach your dreams
Have you ever wanted life to be more than it seems
I have tasted of a love so wide
That it stops all my time
I have tasted of a love so deep
That it blows my mind
Have you ever wanted to reach up and touch the sky
Have you ever wanted to pack it up and say good-bye
Have you ever wanted someone to care
Have you ever wanted someone to be there
He is sweet, He is sweet
What your looking for
Is my sweet, sweet Jesus
What You’re looking for
Is my sweet Lord

I can say that I spent a lot of my life asking those very questions. Wanting to be somebody.  Wanting to be somewhere, anywhere but where I was.  Wanting somebody to notice me.

Well, I wish that I didn’t have those wants any more.  I wish I could say that I am totally satisfied, because I should be.  The truth is, when I look to Jesus and live my life in, by and for Him, those longings are completely fulfilled.  It is just that I don’t always keep my focus on Jesus.

Make no mistake about it, though, I tried finding the fulfillment of those longings in many areas.  And, the truth is, I NEVER found lasting fulfillment in any of my deepest longings, apart from knowing and following Jesus Christ…my Friend, my Satisfaction, my Savior, my Creator, my King.

Have you found fulfillment?