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Ask Pastor John

What Makes Us Want to Move and Travel?

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Our cravings can take us to new spouses, new jobs, or even new cities or countries. But there is only one place we’ll find the satisfaction we seek.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Humans are movers. We move literally. We can make a new home all over the world. We travel,

0:12.2

we sightseeing, and as soon as wooden ships could traverse oceans, we jumped from continent

0:17.6

to continent, then steam engine boats of iron came along and then came along commercial jets.

0:24.1

Most of the world is now open to us today. So what's the difference between the frenetic

0:28.5

globe trotting of an unsatisfied soul and the movement of a globe trotting soul satisfied in

0:35.1

Christ and moving out on mission? This was a point of application from Pastor John Sermon on the

0:42.0

woman at the well in John chapter 4. The clip comes in from Annabelle originally from Seoul, South

0:48.6

Korea. Annabelle then moved to Los Angeles and finally to New York City where she lives now.

0:54.4

Here's the clip that she sent to us, John Piper preaching on John 4, the woman at the well,

0:59.4

back in 2009. This is a sign either that she begins with a cavernous need that she thinks only

1:10.3

men can meet or these men are not finding in her what they want and they're dropping her time

1:19.5

after time after time so that the end she must be totally devastated that she's been thrown out

1:26.0

five times. One or the other, she's left with a huge wound, a huge deadness. She can't afford to

1:38.3

feel anymore. She's been hurt too many times. I cannot feel anymore. I just do it. Some kind of

1:47.3

bondage and slavery that drives her now. She is locked and he's going to move in. He can move in by

1:56.8

showing her you are thirsty. You are so thirsty. Wake up. Wake up. You think it's all about men.

2:07.8

You think it's all about romance. You think it's all about being embraced and held. You think it's

2:14.5

all about heaven security. It's not about any of that. It's about me. It's about water and not

2:23.4

sexually with me. Me, Messiah, Savior, Prophet, water. Your soul. Your soul is made to drink deep,

2:39.9

deep satisfaction from Jesus. And if you're not, I know what you're doing. You're into a serial

2:49.2

routine. Probably for most of you it's not sex. Some of you it is for sure. Jumping from bed to bed.

2:57.6

We're learning about Jesus here. Compassion, aggressive, surgical, relentless love.

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