Soul Satisfaction
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Title: Soul Satisfaction-------------------------------------- Date: 05/05/2000
Keywords:
"satisfied" "soul"
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temptation.
Passage: Psalm 63:5*
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing
lips my mouth will praise you.
Questions
1. What's the point of this passage?
2. How can we apply it to pornography?
Practical help
Unless you've been under a rock most of your life, you've probably
heard the argument that human beings have a "God-shaped hole" in their souls.
Only God, say the apologists, can fill this vacuum. Nothing else -- sex, money, power, a
villa in Tuscany -- will do.
This line of reasoning has a long lineage, going back at least to
David's Psalm 62. For people who struggle with pornography, the king's use of sensual
imagery seems appropriate. In verse 5 we get the taste of the finest and the action of
worship -- two physical acts we may associate more with pornography than God.
Millennia later, David's reasoning stands strong. Why should we dine
on the dry dust of lurid images when we can partake of the true essence of all existence?
The next time your soul craves fast-food porn, give it the only dish that satisfies: God
himself.
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