Psalm 34:8-10
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! 9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear Him have no lack! 10 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
It has been said that human beings are what they eat. This principle is true not only for the body but also for the soul. The outer person depends upon food and water, and the inner person depends upon righteousness. If the inner person is not satisfied with the spiritual food that God provides, then that inner person becomes weak and sickly. If the inner person is to function well, it must be fed.
The sould has its hunger and thirsts; those desires were built into humans at creation. "He has also set eternity in the hearts of men" (Ecc 3:11)
Augustine said it perfectly: "Thou has made us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee." As the deer thirst after water, so its natural for people to thirst after God. They may not know that their thirst is for God, and they'll probably try to satisfy that thirst with a substitute that will only leave them with more thirst.
I have learnt through setbacks in life, that God indeed cannot be replaced by any mere human or material goods. We may enjoy good relationships or luxurious living...but God must NEVER be taken out of our equation. Because in doing so, I realise we are just like running away in a circle, only to return at the same spot. God has put eternity in our hearts, and the temporal cannot satisfy.
He alone can satisfy! "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes on me will never be thirsty"
(John 6:35)
God, How Great is Your Love
That even when we go our own way
You still watch over us
Making sure we don't stray.
We seek you in our afflictions,
And find you when in need
But then we go on our own way
And forget what we should heed.
Father will we ever really know
The deepness of your love?
We see just a glimpse of it
And yet this seems enough.
Maybe to know your love complete
Would clearly blow my mind
And yet I can't help but seek
For all that I might find.
by: Kathie M. Thomas
