For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry with good. Ps 107:9 (AMP)
The first few lines of this Psalm speak of those who are on a journey, weary travellers…
“Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation. Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished.”
It was no tip toe through the tulips.
These people were lonely, hungry, thirsty… desperate.
Have you ever been driven to the edge of sanity, and beyond it, for want of water or food?
When your body is not getting what it needs to survive, it suffers incredibly. Nausea, dizziness, fainting, weakness, dehydration and eventually, one by one, organs begin to malfunction and fail… (all around the world, people are dying of hunger… if you can help, please do.)
Spiritually, we can starve our hearts and souls of what they need to survive too. We can become parched and dry for lack of hope, relationship… peace… And this starvation can be easily hidden, delaying relief. The more hungry and thirsty we become; the more frantic and panicked we become, the more impaired our vision and stamina becomes, and the spiral spins out of control… ever searching, never finding.
BUT
That deep longing in your soul, the hunger that gnaws away at your mind into the deep dark hours of night and onto the next day, infecting the sunlight with uncertainty… God brings that hunger satisfaction. He quenches the unquenchable thirst.
And then something strange happens. After you have been satisfied, hunger returns… and in this way, God leads us down the path of faith – gaining strength and building endurance.
One feed is not enough to satisfy a lifetime of hunger… but as you continue to feed your heart and soul His love and ways, the more hungry you become, the longing grows, and instead of wasting away for lack of sustenance, your strength begins to gain momentum. Where you once stumbled around in the dark, you now run in the light.
Are you full of longing? Is your soul starved and dehydrated? Find your satisfaction in the wonder and love of God… start to eat of His love and drink in His ways… you’ll get a taste for the life you were created to live.
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