
Eternal Fulfillment
Hunger will always return when you eat from the world’s banquet table. Ours is a spiritual famine that can only be satisfied with the “Bread of Life.”
Hunger will always return when you eat from the world’s banquet table. Ours is a spiritual famine that can only be satisfied with the “Bread of Life.”
Losing hope is a dreadful experience. Many individuals have taken unimaginable actions when they felt hope was gone. At some point, they concluded that life was no longer worth living. The American psychiatrist Karl Menninger called hope “the major weapon against the suicide impulse.” When you feel hopeless, reach out for help. If you know someone struggling with hopelessness, guide them to the needed resources.
What we do today impacts tomorrow. Our actions influence those around us, particularly our children and grandchildren. No one lives within themselves. Our lives and legacies, for better or worse, extend to future generations.
God is always at work. Sometimes, he works in the sunlight. Other times, he works in the shadows. He is continuously writing his story in our lives. Some chapters of our story are painful, and as we will see today in Genesis 45, God is actively present during those challenging times.
The human heart is caught in a contradiction. On one hand, God has placed eternity in our hearts, leaving us with a God-shaped hole. We suffer from an inward famine. We are starving for God. On the other hand, we want to be our own god, call our own shots, be in control of our lives. We are afraid to surrender.