In Alcoholics Anonymous' twelve-step program those seeking recovery are taught that when they become "restless, irritable, and discontent' they're in danger of going back to their drug of choice. And that doesn't work! Why? Because inside each of us there's a God-shaped blank that only He can fill. Some of us try to fill the blank with human relationships. Jesus met a woman who'd been divorced five times and was now living with her boyfriend. The conversation went like this: "Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw." (vv.13-15). Your body tells you when it's hungry and thirsty. So does your soul—and if you're wise you'll listen. The only "safe" addiction is total surrender and dependency on God! We all have a tendency to respond to what our flesh craves instead of what our spirit needs. So we turn to things like work, sex, and entertainment. Now we've added a new one—the Internet. Psychologists are actually treating people with "Internet addiction." King David had it all: power, popularity, pleasure, and possessions. But it left him empty, so he wrote, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." (Psalm 42:1). Learn to recognize when you are "restless, irritable, and discontent," and reach for God.
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