Satisfaction in Christ.

Proverbs 27:7 oozes with insight accurately diagnosing the human soul. "A satisfied man loathes honey, but to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet." Physically this makes perfect sense to us. After the Easter feast at our home complete with a piece of my sister's homemade carrot cake and creme cheese frosting, the thought of eating something sweet would have been repulsive. But a starving person would consider any "bitter" (normally unpalatable) thing delectable. The spiritual application is more important. Those who find the satisfaction that our souls long for in a relationship with God through Christ (Col. 2:9-10) turn away from what the world holds out as "tasty." There is no appetite for hedonism, narcissism, pantheism, humanism, or relativism. Unfortunately, all who reject Christ (who is the true "bread of life"--Jn.6:35) still hunger in their souls, they are famished and to them any "bitter thing" (counterfeit to true satisfaction) tastes sweet. The "famished" run after pleasure, fame, fortune, popularity, power, and possessions and we are called to help them see that they are settling for bitter when Christ is best.