Sunday, December 29, 2013
Mashed Potatoes
Last night my wife and I had a pot luck dinner at our friends house. There were many yummy things to eat – roasted chicken, dressing, and more. And of course a personal favorite of mine, mashed potatoes. There is just something about these foods – especially the mashed potatoes – that make us feel good, right? I guess that is why they call them “comfort foods.” Foods like mashed potatoes trigger something in our bodies that cause our physical bodies to feel different, to feel better, at that moment. Yes, I know there is a chemistry behind it that causes us to “feel” those feelings. but all of this is not really what I am getting at here. Just like our physical person can be comforted, our spiritual person can be comforted as well.
Psalms 119:49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
God has set up a plan for us to be comforted. He has said things to us in our prayer times and in His scriptures that are intended to give us hope, and that hope is intended to comfort us. The word here for affliction means depression, and quickened means revived. God has set this up for us. Sometimes I know I feel bad that I want to be comforted, but God created us to want and need time with Him in prayer and reading the bible. This time gives us hope and revives us.
Both the physical and spiritual person need care and feeding on a regular basis. Both need to feel comforted. While comfort foods are good, they can be overdone. However, we can never spend too much time with our God. Today, let’s spend time in prayer and reading the scriptures, and let the King of the universe give us hope and revive us to life in Him.
Prayer
Father, we thank You today that You give us hope. We praise You for being our King. Today we ask that You raise us up and comfort us. We need You. We need life in You. We need to know deep within our hearts that You are with us, in us, and on our side. Please give us our deliverance and our provision speedily today Father. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.