Our human bodies are truly amazing. They are so intricate and complex by God's design. He has his thumbprint (so to speak) on each one of our bodies. And to top it off, after accepting Christ as our Lord and Savior he gives us the Holy Spirit who resides in us as a deposit for our gift of eternity with Him 2 Corinthians 1:22. Physical side - did you know that the human body is approximately 60% water? That's a lot of water. I've also learned that because our bodies NEED water that if we are low/dehydrated (even a little) we can think that we are hungry. While we can go without food for periods of time our bodies cannot go long term without water--it is life sustaining.
We can sometimes mistake our thirst for hunger. The best way to find out if you are truly hungry or slightly dehydrated--drink a glass of water. If after 10 minutes you are satisfied then you were thirsty not hungry. If you are still hungry--chow down. :-)
In the US we tend to overeat and overindulge ourselves when it comes to food. Think about how many fast food, restaurants, grocery stores are within a 5 mile radius of your home. Commercials on TV - majority are food/beverage related.
God gave me a startling image the other day of a woman (me) lying on the ground withering away from starvation. If you know me, you know I am overweight (working on it but overweight none the less) so the idea of me starving doesn't match my physical appearance. It was my spirit that was starving. I had not been feeding myself the spiritual nourishment that I needed through God's Word. It has become very evident over the past week that I've starved my soul by not spending time alone with Him. When I spend time doing other things (even good things) and don't take the time to recharge I will eventually crater. Today I ended the day exhausted and weary to the bone. I didn't do anything labor intensive or out of the ordinary but I did neglect to recharge.
We were not designed to do life alone--he created Eve for Adam. God is like the energizer bunny (meant with all reverance)--He just keeps going and going. We on the other hand need His energizing power to keep going. Psalm 107:9 says for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. My best friends favorite verse is Isaiah 40:31 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. That's the key--put our hope in the Lord and he renews our strength, we won't grow weary or faint.
My desire is to be like David when he said, "O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water." Psalm 63:1
May your hunger and thirst be satisfied by God alone!
