Psalm 106:15 "And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul."
I believe since the time when Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, that every human being is born with a void in their life. Our nature is hungered with needs and wants. The problem with this is that, in our nature, we do not know how to fill that emptiness. The retail industries make their fortunes by promising to fill that void. When I worked in retail, there were certain places that we merchandised the things that made a good profit for us. The reason it made a good profit is because we presented it in such a way that people would buy it on impulse thinking it would make their life easier or make them feel better about their lives. And then of course, it is no coincidence that candy bars are presented at the check-out counters and they are at children's eye level. As much as possible, we tried to make people think they could not live without making that purchase. In other words, we wanted them to think it would help fill the emptiness inside. Let's face it, there's no other comfort food like a big ole candy bar. If I'm going to spend this much money, I can at least buy myself a candy bar to enjoy on my way home. So it isn't just for the children's sake.God provided every need as He led the children of Israel through the wilderness. When they were hungry, He gave them manna from heaven. The Lord referred to it as bread from heaven. When they were thirsty, He told Moses to strike the rock from which flowed a stream of water to provide their needs. If I read the Scripture correctly, their shoes lasted forty years while they walked through the wilderness. When they complained about the "light bread" (manna from heaven), God sent quail into their camp. They were blessed beyond compare, yet they wanted more. When they grew fearful because of the spies' report, they wanted to go back. When they thought of the melons, leeks, onions that were back in Egypt, they wanted to go back. There was that "leanness in their soul."
You and I go from place to place trying to satisfy the desires of our minds. The things of this world, though they provide temporary comfort, can never satisfy, or fill, the emptiness of our souls. Paul tells us of Christ in Colossians chapter two, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. (9) For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (10) And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power." (Colossians 2:8-10) Yes, the emptiness can be filled, but only by Jesus. He fills us to completion.
In the morning when I rise,
in the morning when I rise,
in the morning when I rise,
give me Jesus.
Refrain:
Give me Jesus, give me Jesus.
You may have all this world, give me Jesus.