Cravings

Why is it that anywhere from 9:00 to 11:00 at night do I start craving things... ok, not things... food. Not just any kind of food, but things that aren't good for me - ice cream, chocolate, nachos from taco bell. The other kicker is that my cravings are always things that I don't have in my cabinet or refrigerator.  This is probably a blessing in disguise because by this time of night I really don't want to get up and drive somewhere to get whatever food I wish I had.

The human heart craves things too - comfort, security, affection. Unlike my chocolate brownie addiction, these things aren't bad for me. They are molded into us as humans and are part of how God created us. What IS bad, however, is when we turn to places other than God to fulfill our deepest desire for comfort, security and affection. To some extent people in our lives are made to provide that community,  belonging and being needed we so desperately want.  We should have affection and love within our families and friends. We should feel secure in our homes and relationships. But all of these things at some point can fail and disappoint us, unfortunately can wound and hurt us. They were never intended to reach us to the core of our soul and meet those needs in our heart. That place is reserved for God and him alone.

I believe that at times God removes the comforts and security we have in our lives because we become so dependent on them that we have replaced our need for God. We tend to fill our lives up with people, activities, possessions because there is a need we want met by something, someone, somehow...

We will never be satisfied until we live by this verse:
This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge,
 my place of safety; he is my God and I trust him.
Psalm 91:2