Good Food. Very Good Food.

Confession - I love a great burger! When Tanya worked at 3rd and Marion in downtown Seattle the Metropolitan Grill was literally right out the back door of her office building. We would meet for lunch every Wednesday and once in a while slip into the Met to grab a Works Burger. The Works is arguably one of the best burgers under $10 (10 years ago) that you will ever eat. It is killing me right now just thinking about it. The quality of beef, the rich flavor that only comes with that kind of meat prepared perfectly. Oh man! Those burgers are so satisfying!

But are they really? My perspective is shifting.

When the disciples said, "Rabbi, eat something." Jesus reply was "I have a kind of food you know nothing about." Thinking that maybe he had already eaten lunch they asked, "Did someone bring you food while we were gone?" Logical question, right? His response was this, "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God."

How interesting is that? Being so satisfied from obedience to God that hunger is a non-issue. Wow!

In this snapshot Jesus had just spent his entire lunch hour reconnecting someone to God. Sharing painful truth, bringing to the surface the sin that had been a barrier in relationships and worship. Loving beyond imagination in order to restore broken relationship and this person find the peace for which they had been searching so long.

Recently Jesus has been up to some amazing things at Life at the Ridge Church and I have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the best conversations I have had in years. I am finally starting to understand what Jesus is talking about here. Some conversations have been with friends wrestling with very difficult situations and other conversations have been with new friends disconnected from God. In those moments, to share truth and see the power of the gospel work in people has been so satisfying. I am not talking about the kind of satisfy you experience after a great meal, I am talking about the type of satisfaction so deep in your soul that nothing can compare.

I do not want to live day to day trying to find deep satisfaction in things that only satisfy for a moment. I am craving more of the food Jesus speaks about.

It is so much more satisfying. Very deeply satisfying.