"That We Be Satisfied" -Too

"For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." (Psalms 107:9)

 As to the need that our soul be filled, it is vital that we fill it with the things of the Lord; His Spirit is a given, but we need to fill it also with His word, on a daily basis. I have been watching my little 6 month old nephew, who seems to have withdraws if he does not get his mother's milk when he wants it. I wish it was like that for me needing God's word to nourish my soul; like I could care less about anything else but getting feed by the Word! There is another vital ingredient that we need, praise! Praise comes in many forms and through many different expressions. We can sing, we can exclaim, we can worship in giving or serving, we can praise God just by the way that we live; but the one thing that we sometimes forget about is sharing the Lord with those who need to know Him. I good example of what I am talking about was Jesus and the woman at the well. When the disciples showed up with food for Him to eat, He said that He had already eaten. So they wondered between them, who had given Him food. But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "My food is to do the will of the Father." I know that there are a whole lot of Christians that do not feel led to share the Good News with people, they think that is something to leave up to the pastors or the ministers serving in the church. But it is like leaving out a vital part of your dietary need, like fruits and vegetables. You can most likely survive without them, but your health would be so much better if you eat them. The best way that I can make this point is by looking a the word "longing," as in "the longing soul." Some might think it strange, but it speaks about running up and down, especially of those who eagerly seek any thing. There is just something about sharing the Lord with someone that makes feel like a puppy chasing a stick: we are excited to go get it, the Master throws it, and we bring it back to Him. That is a little odd, I know; but there is something important within that illustration about our being eager to go find whoever it is that God wants us to share with, and then we reconcile them to Him...

"He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them. So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from  human point of view. How differently we know him now! This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!"
(2 Corinthians 5:15-20) NLT