{"id":6312,"date":"2017-11-09T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=6312"},"modified":"2017-11-09T09:59:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:59:30","slug":"for-he-satisfies-the-longing-soul-and-fills-the-hungry-soul-with-goodness-psalm-1079-nkjv","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/for-he-satisfies-the-longing-soul-and-fills-the-hungry-soul-with-goodness-psalm-1079-nkjv","title":{"rendered":"“For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.” (Psalm 107:9 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Why is there such a longing in the human soul? Why this emptiness that no physical thing, nor human relationship can fill? We hunger and thirst, so we attempt to satisfy our craving, but to no avail. Since nothing of this world satisfies the soul, isn’t this evidence that it was made for something or someone beyond it? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Surely, the hole within our soul is a residual echo of the fallen image of God within us. And it can only be filled by Jesus Christ. Of whom the apostle Paul wrote, “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God… Everything was created through him and for him” (Col. 1:15-16). <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We were made by Christ and “for” Christ. The longing of the human soul will never be satisfied with anything or anyone other than Christ!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is there such a longing in the human soul? Why this emptiness that no physical thing, nor human relationship can fill? We hunger and thirst, so we attempt to satisfy our craving, but to no avail. Since nothing of this world satisfies the soul, isn’t this evidence that it was made for something or someone beyond it? <\/p>\n

Surely, the hole within our soul is a residual echo of the fallen image of God within us. And it can only be filled by Jesus Christ. Of whom the apostle Paul wrote, “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God… Everything was created through him and for him” (Col. 1:15-16). <\/p>\n

We were made by Christ and “for” Christ. The longing of the human soul will never be satisfied with anything or anyone other than Christ!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1440],"oyb_day":[1840],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6312","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1440","oyb_day-november-9"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6312"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}