Open Your Mouth Wide

Psalm 81:8-10

Listen My people, and I will admonish you. Israel, if you would only listen to Me! There must not be a strange god among you; you must not bow down to a foreign god. I am Yaweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

We stray from God out of hunger – a desire to feed our flesh in some way. We seek to fill empty places with the things of this world, which have no ability to truly satisfy. When we rely upon other things – foreign gods – to fill our void, we frustrate the plan of God for our life.

God sent His Son to die for our sins and also to give us life more abundantly. If we would only turn to Him and open our mouth wide, He promises to fill it. Like the woman at the well, we would thirst no more for water than cannot ultimately satisfy. Instead, living water would flow from us from an abundant resource of His love for us. In fact, what we really need to fill every void in us is an overwhelming sense and assurance of His love for us. When we have allowed His love to fill our empty places, we are truly satisfied.

If you feel a void, lack, or emptiness today, know for certain that God loves you enough to fill every nook, cranny, and crevice of that place to the point where it overflows to spill over to those around you. Stop trying to fill yourself with other things that will only leave you longing for more. Open your mouth wide before God, and allow Him to fill you with good things from the abundance of His love for you. Let God fill your hunger, and you will always have something to give and find purpose and meaning in life.

Have a blessed day!