Relational Starvation

Relational Starvation

What are the symptoms of relational starvation?

 Anxiety, loneliness, emptiness, hopelessness, restlessness.

What is the cure for relational starvation?

The world will tell you that it’s other people, or your fabulous job, or your fulfilling life.

I am convinced that no matter how many friends you have, no matter your job, no matter how purpose-filled your life, there is only one Bread, only one Living Water, only One who makes me OK inside my own skin.

 So the cure for relational starvation is not a what, but a Who.

 Jesus is the Bread of Life, Living Water, the breath in my lungs.

 I belong either to Life, or I belong to death.

 When I belonged to death, every cell in my body knew it. My mind was filled with futility. My soul felt dark and empty. These were expressions of who I was in Adam. In Adam is the term the Bible uses to describe a person who does not know Jesus.

 When I belonged to death I created a system for surviving. I have needs that MUST be met. Love, acceptance, significance, identity, security, and value. These are core needs that can only be met by a source of Life. These core needs are as urgent to my soul as air, water, and food to my body.

I was not created to simply physically survive. Breathing, eating, drinking water, these are the most basic things needed to make it through the day. But with only these basic things, I don’t really care to see the day.

 The only cure for relational starvation is Jesus. The Source of Life.