I was having dinner with four friends the other evening when one of them shared the good news of her lowered blood sugar levels and improved health. We all gave our congratulations and then asked her how she did it.
“Change in diet,” she answered, and then went on to explain what she had cut out in order to achieve the end result.
We asked if it was hard. At first, she had replied, but soon she didn’t miss it.
“We crave what we eat,” another friend announced, and I was a bit taken aback by this. I had always thought we ate what we craved. But the more I thought about it, the more truth I saw in that statement. We will often try out foods we think we desire or will like. The craving doesn’t come until after we know what it tastes like. Eating sugar, for instance, just makes a person crave more sugar. Yet it never really satisfies.
I thought about all the applications of this truth: watching TV, playing video or computer games, seeking acceptance, recognition, fame and fortune, power and prestige. Participating in the activity often spurs on our desire to want more, but, just like sugar, it never fully satisfies.
The things of this word belong to Satan, the great deceiver, and so they will always, at first glance, look brighter and more enticing and desirable, but ultimately, they don’t deliver.
But the things of God do, as Matthew 6:33 so aptly tells us. As we seek after God and his righteousness — through prayer, Bible reading, devotions, obedience — we will crave more of Him, and this time we will be satiated.
“Change in diet,” she answered, and then went on to explain what she had cut out in order to achieve the end result.
We asked if it was hard. At first, she had replied, but soon she didn’t miss it.
“We crave what we eat,” another friend announced, and I was a bit taken aback by this. I had always thought we ate what we craved. But the more I thought about it, the more truth I saw in that statement. We will often try out foods we think we desire or will like. The craving doesn’t come until after we know what it tastes like. Eating sugar, for instance, just makes a person crave more sugar. Yet it never really satisfies.
I thought about all the applications of this truth: watching TV, playing video or computer games, seeking acceptance, recognition, fame and fortune, power and prestige. Participating in the activity often spurs on our desire to want more, but, just like sugar, it never fully satisfies.
The things of this word belong to Satan, the great deceiver, and so they will always, at first glance, look brighter and more enticing and desirable, but ultimately, they don’t deliver.
But the things of God do, as Matthew 6:33 so aptly tells us. As we seek after God and his righteousness — through prayer, Bible reading, devotions, obedience — we will crave more of Him, and this time we will be satiated.
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