“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,And let your soul delight itself in abundance" Isaiah 55:1-2.
We are all spiritual beings. We all have a soul. Well, and obviously the body. We know that we need to feed our bodies right? You just cannot live without eating. Well, you could but only for about 40 days. And without drinking you wouldn't last longer than 3-5 days.
Our souls and spirits are immortal, but they also need food and drink. Some fill their souls by reading, others by watching movies, yet others by taking on different hobbies, or even doing business. I don't know about you, but anything I tried to satisfy my spiritual hunger did not work, except one thing: the word of God and the Spirit of God. I often feel this inner satisfaction by reading the Bible. It is the best food for my soul. Most of the other 'food for the soul' could be categorized as junk food. Not all, but most of it. And you won't get any spiritual strength from that food. It may actually cause you to develop various spiritual diseases like the physical junk food does.
Music, poetry, and artistic things often serve people as the water for the soul. Personally, I found no better water than the experience of infilling of the Holy Spirit while praying.
You can't really get satisfied by anything except God. The satisfaction that we get from physical food, entertainment, art, music, and etc. can only give superficial short-term satisfaction. The eternal part of us, our soul wants God, and His word. Try it yourself. Your soul will delight itself in the food and the drink that God gives - the word of God, and the Holy Spirit. And you won't have to pay anything for it. It is free of charge. The benefits are enormous!
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