"Let us give thanks to the Lord for his mercy and the wonders he does for his children
For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." Psalm 107 vs 8-9.
Food and Water often bridge the gap between God and human beings. Food is a metaphor for the goodness and abundance God gives. God, the creator and source, and humankind created in the Creator's image and continually hungry for the source. Food and Water bridge the gap so that we can experience all that we seek comes from God.
Yet we look often to other places other than our source to fill the gap. Consider this quote:
"In this condition, we have many commodities but little satisfaction, little sense of the sufficiency of anything. The scarcity of satisfaction makes of our many commodities an infinite series of commodities, the new commodities invariably promising greater satisfaction than the older ones. In fact, the industrial economy's most marketed commodity is satisfaction, and this commodity, which is repeatedly promised, bough, and paid for, is never delivered." Wendell Berry
Consider today what in your life might be substituting for that which you can receive from God. Consider if there is a commodity, something that you can purchase, that you experience as able to fulfill your desire for God.
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Very very interesting post...I've been thinking about this and here's my take:
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I think we do put other gods before the One God. I believe we can make money, security, love, any addiction (clothing, gambling, drugs),you name it--whatever we are too attached too. Yes, even our families..
However, if we seek God, and set all this stuff aside, we can, fulfill our desire. Fulfillment comes from loving and serving our One and Only God. Too often, folks, serve God, but their motives may be the "look at me type, ain't I good" self-serving crap. Granted they do good but whom do they serve? And, let's face it: Feels good, right?
To trust and cast all our stuff aside, is difficult, indeed, but it can be done. Knowing that the god of money won't buy happiness, the god of love can get you in deep trouble,the god of...(name your personal god) etc.
The One and Only God is full of infinite light and will feed us with all we need, and we will never be hungry or thirsty.....If only we let him/her.....
Ceil I.