A friend of mine posted on his facebook wall a video he took of a rare sight: a nest of baby robins. They felt the vibration of him coming closer - and it activated their "feed me" stance - mouths wide open, bobbing back and forth. Their eyes weren't even open. Less than a minute long, the video reminded me of something I had forgotten - not even thought about in a long time.
"Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it." (Psalm 81:10)
It's the mental picture of opening up to the source of love, grace, mercy and wisdom in expectation that those needs will be satisfied - that whatever I need will be provided when I need it, if I open myself to the provider of all of those things. And more. It's a picture of complete trust. Of vulnerability. Of hunger. Of longing. Of desperation.
The robins instinctively open their mouths in the direction of where the food will come from. It's just like human babies: when you stroke their cheek, they open their mouths wide and turn their heads in that direction - the "rooting reflex." It's natural ... they are looking to be fed. It's extremely linked to survival.
So with the world of the spirit. God responds to desperation, to desire, to honesty and trust, to spiritual hunger. He is the source of fulfillment to those desires that sometimes we can't even name - we just know that we want "more." He put that there within us. We can fill it with a whole lot of things that will not satisfy in the end, and leave us feeling empty and used. When we finally get to the point of desperation, the invitation is still there. All we need to do is open up who we are to Him.
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| Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/ 5213909/Animal-pictures-of-the-week-24-April-2009.html?image=6 |
It's the mental picture of opening up to the source of love, grace, mercy and wisdom in expectation that those needs will be satisfied - that whatever I need will be provided when I need it, if I open myself to the provider of all of those things. And more. It's a picture of complete trust. Of vulnerability. Of hunger. Of longing. Of desperation.
The robins instinctively open their mouths in the direction of where the food will come from. It's just like human babies: when you stroke their cheek, they open their mouths wide and turn their heads in that direction - the "rooting reflex." It's natural ... they are looking to be fed. It's extremely linked to survival.
So with the world of the spirit. God responds to desperation, to desire, to honesty and trust, to spiritual hunger. He is the source of fulfillment to those desires that sometimes we can't even name - we just know that we want "more." He put that there within us. We can fill it with a whole lot of things that will not satisfy in the end, and leave us feeling empty and used. When we finally get to the point of desperation, the invitation is still there. All we need to do is open up who we are to Him.
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