The picture above depicts a seafood platter at our family’s favorite seafood restaurant. Their claim to fame is that fresh seafood is flown in to Central Florida every day from the northeast… and you can tell. This is eating for the serious seafood appetite.
If you hate seafood you may be tempted to jump to another site. Don’t do it! Keep reading. You’ll be glad you did.
Regardless of what we’re hungry for, we love to feel full and satisfied. I think it’s one of the reasons we love Thanksgiving so much.
For some of us, the turkey with all the trimmings (with pork on the side for us Puertorricans) and assortment of pies may come only once a year. So we pig-out at the feast. That is followed by a serious regret for eating too much.
Then, after the feast’s been eaten and the table cleared, is football, football, and more football. Man…it doesn’t get any better than that. Amazingly, by the beginning of the third game we are ready for more turkey and whatever goes with it (including desert). God bless America!
It’s human to dine like kings and queens and feel hungry again just a few hours later.
Did you know there’s also a hunger inside us that has nothing to do with food? It’s like a hard to pinpoint emotional emptiness deep within.
People try to fill that void from every angle and with every thing, including food, but nothing seems to satisfy. Have you been there?
Maybe right now, while reading this, you are experiencing what some call, ‘a hole in your soul.’ I can identify. I, too, was there once.
I want to pass on to you something Jesus Christ said that will fill that hollow vacuum inside you.
At a time when He was extremely hungry for food the Lord said,
“Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Matthew 4:4 NIV)
He was simply saying that the most necessary thing you and I need to plug that hole in our soul is not food or sex or an addiction or a never ending vacation or anything else we can think of, but God.
Experiencing His power, wisdom, presence, forgiveness, peace, guidance, joy, hope, and anything else you can think of results in a happy, satisfied life.
Check me out on this, if you want, but I have never met a true believer that walked away from the Lord as a dissatisfied customer.
The folks that say, “Oh, I already tried Jesus but He didn’t work for me” didn’t go to the Jesus I know. And if they did, they went about Him the wrong way.
Real satisfaction comes only from God through faith in His Son, Jesus. Those who tried really hard to get it experienced an epic failure because they were trying to reach the Lord in their own strength.
A lady came to our worship service years ago with her family. All of them got saved, were later baptized, and became part of our family of believers. She pulled me aside once and said, “Pastor, through the years I have tried many of the religions and philosophies out there including Eastern Mysticism. I researched them and tried them but they all left me searching for more. Jesus is different. He satisfies completely.”
Hey, enjoy your family get together later this week, if you go to one. Share among your loved ones what you’re thankful for. Eat to your heart’s content. Watch a game and go to sleep while at it. But, remember, if you’re looking for lasting happiness and satisfaction go to the One Who alone serves the spiritual meal you’re longing for. Jesus Christ!
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This is so true and wonderful. I will never be hungry again. THANK YOU JESUS..
Amen, Georgia!
So true, Jorge! God blesses us in so many ways. When we accept His Son, Jesus Christ, as our Lord and Savior, He blesses us by welcoming us into His family. As we grow in our walk with Jesus, and begin to share the good news of His life saving grace with others, we receive the blessed assurance that He is always there with us; watching, guiding, and protecting us. He provides for us and extends His hands of mercy and forgiveness to us. Jesus CAN and WILL fill the void a person has in their life!
Jesus does fill the void, my brother.
Pastor Jorge I just shared this with Jerry and also am able to reply this time so I will along with him. I have shared your blog with him before and we just want to let you know that in our own words, ” You are amazing. We want to thank you for being our Pastor and all that you are .We wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. We love you.
Thank you so much!
Where is the seafood restaurant? That platter looks really tasty!
Boston’s Fish House in Winter Park, Florida. The address is 6860 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792. I hope you like it if you get to try it.