Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Scripture

“Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?  Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.” Isaiah 55:2

Reflections

All of us know to some degree what it means to be hungry for food.  There’s another kind of hunger that lies deep within our soul, spiritual hunger.  Like a stomach that growls, it often comes with a sense of being unfulfilled, incomplete, empty, unloved, misunderstood, lost, hopeless, without meaning, and without purpose.

Many go to great lengths trying to satisfy that hunger any way they can.  They may go out and indulge in food, busyness, drugs, alcohol, sex, stock shows, shopping, physical fitness kicks, some kind of new adventure or some kind of self-improvement program.  They may get a nice new house, shiny pickup truck, new boat, and season tickets to the pro basketball team games.  But after all those things have been exhausted, that craving within is still never really satisfied.

Isaiah prophesied from the Lord God, “Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food” (Is. 55:2).  The only thing that will truly satisfy is God.  God is the only one who can fill that void within our lives.  He fills it and fills it to overflowing, grace upon grace.  In the words of St. Augustine of the fifth Century, “God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you.”

Prayer

Lord God, thank you for satisfying my deepest needs.  Open my eyes to see those who are trying fill that void with things that will not satisfy.  Help me to share that which truly satisfies.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Full Reading: Isaiah 55:1-5