Scenario #1:
The P.O.W's had been in captivity for months and were physically abused and malnourished. Their hungry pains were so severe that the roaches and rats that freely roamed the prison cells were looked upon as delicacies.
Scenario #2:
Your favorite dessert is anything with chocolate and your plans are to eat a good meal followed by indulging yourself in the triple layer chocolate lava cake. The appetizer is great, the main course and the breads are more than plentiful.
After eating for what seems to be an eternity the waiter returns with all the dessert choices beautifully arranged on the tray. As he lowers them to eye level you can smell the aroma of the chocolate but to everyone's surprise you decline declaring that you are full to the point of exploding.
Challenge:
I know these are two extremes so let me make my point. Proverbs 27:7 says, A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Wow, talk about a verse that is relevant, practical and pointed; this one is wrapped up and tied with a bow.
Why do I struggle so much with sin? Why do I keep making wrong choices? Why do I find myself doing the very things that I hate again and again? Is there a way to have victory in my personal life?
I do not want to trivialize these questions or try to fix you with a Christian clique. There is no easy answer or multi-step plan that I can reveal, but there are some Biblical principles that can guide us to victory and freedom from guilt, Proverbs 27:7 contains one of those principles.
So here it is, "Keep your soul full!" I have found that the times that I am most vulnerable to temptation and sin is when I have not consistently fed on the Word of God each day. If I (or you) go too long without physically eating then everything begins to look appetizing. The same is true of our spiritual lives; hungry souls are... well...hungry and can become desperate.
Why not make a commitment to "Keep your soul full." Begin each day with Quiet Time and prayer. Continue to meditate on the Word throughout the day and make time for Bible study as well as scripture memory.
