When I was a kid I was pretty small, but boy could I eat a lot. Thanksgiving was one meal where I would have to unbutton the top button of my pants to make room for more.
This gets me to thinking about being full. Many were full yesterday after huge meals consisting of way more than is necessary of many good things. Many did without and it is so easy to forget them, the hungry, the cold, the abandoned. Some are empty, some are full. We fill ourselves with lots of things - our minds with thoughts, our bellys with food, our homes with stuff; but what about being full of God?
Ephesians 5:18 says "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit."
To live full of God is a special gift from God. Filled with the Spirit of God who wants to lead us and guide us in God's Ways rather than us being filled with substances that often control us. Oh to be full of God and basking in the Spirit-empowered life that can withstand any storm. That leads us to give thanks to God and engage in Spirit-led activities with others that lead others to put their trust in God as well.
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It seems that it is when we are living in our "old self" that we lean toward filling our lives and hearts with empty things, rather than allowing God's Spirit to fill us instead. Colossians 3:9-15 tells us that the "new self" is being renewed in knowledge, "after the image of its Creator", and is filled with the Fruit of His Spirit, especially love and peace. And so, if we would only set aside the empty things and allow God to work in us, we would find ourselves filled with those things we truly desire most of all.
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