Our souls go hungry

I was read­ing Eccle­si­astes 6 this morn­ing and came across verse 7.

“We work to feed our appetites,
mean­while our souls go hungry”

Those words hit me.  How much time do we spend feed­ing our appetites.  I think the author hit the nail on the head for the com­mon con­di­tion of the Amer­i­can Church goer.  We spend so much time chas­ing after all the things we have sur­rounded our­selves with, we strive after more and more and to what end.  When are we sat­is­fied and mean­while all the time we go hun­gry and are in fact, prob­a­bly starving.

It’s a rainy cold day here in Pa, but is one of those days where you long for a soul sat­is­fy­ing meal like spaghetti and meat­balls, a good stew, lasagna, hot choco­late, or what­ever else is your thing. Some­thing that just warms you from the inside out, makes the whole house smell good.

It’s also a good day to take stock of what your appetite longs for and ask God for soul sat­is­fac­tion (which would also be a real good band name now that I see it in print).  Pray that God would put you in touch with your soul hunger, and that He would give you the heart to pur­sue him for the sat­is­fac­tion of your deep­est needs and desires.  That He becomes the only source.  And we rec­og­nize all the rest as His blessing.

I long to have my soul sat­is­fied, and I am pray­ing the same for you