dailydatewithgod

When I think about the things that enable me to survive I think about food, water, and shelter.  Similar to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the next level would involve the maintenance of those things which come with safety.  Yet if I take a close look at how I live my life I realize that I run every one of those things through the filter of my relationship with God.  God is my true sustenance.  If I do not engage in and maintain an active role in my relationship I get disconnected from my core.  My sense of how  much food, water, shelter, safety, relationships, education is off kilter.  When I put one of those things in front of my relationship with God which directs the purpose of my life from my heart, I develop an unhealthy reliance on it.  I can find myself believing that food will provide a sense of safety.  Outright, that makes no sense, but given that it is a decision I made as a child and it worked for a long time, it is not far-fetched.  I had an awareness of God as a kid, but not to the extent that I needed.  My sense of safety was so lacking that I grabbed on to as much of what I could have to provide some stability.  Being in recovery from a food addiction, has taught me that while my brain may be wired to think that food will solve my problems, I have now developed enough experience that tells me otherwise.  Engaging in a relationship with God on a deeper level at the beginning of my recovery was essential to being able to let go of the foods that were killing me.  I can take any element of my life I make it my God but since it is not God, it will fall short at some point.  The greatest sustenance comes from continually developing a relationship with the true source of life.

My prayer for us is the willingness to look at what elements of our lives we have made into Gods and ask God how we can seek sustenance from the true source of love today.