Filled with good things

Lily Cathcart July 09, 2026 2 0

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Psalm 107: 8-9 (NIV-UK)

8 

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
    and his wonderful deeds for mankind,

9 

for he satisfies the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.

Our planet is beautiful,
it is abundant,
it is out of balance.

The Bible is full of praise for the planet; God’s love for this earth, these animals, these humans shining through.

The Bible is full of instructions, calls and commands to feed the hungry and bring water for the thirsty.

When I look at our world I do not see the thirsty satisfied, for who can be satisfied when their body is still thirsty and someone has poisoned their water.

When I look at our world I do not see the hungry filled with good things, for who can notice good things when they are still hungry and someone has stolen their food.

Prayer:

God you are a God of justice and love,

You desire the hungry to be filled with good things,

But more than that, you desire them to be fed with good things too.

How your heart must weep to see the inequality we humans have wrought upon your world,

How your tears must fall like rain to see the super rich horde resources and the rest go without.

Lord you made for us a planet which could feed us all, and you gave us the skill to make it happen,

And yet, treacherous creatures, we have let it become a world where the few are allowed to starve the many, where parents go hungry to feed their children a little, where food is stopped at borders that humans have created to fight over.

Help us Lord!

Help the hungry Lord!

Sear our hearts, brand them with your desire for justice,

Send us prophets,

Send us activists,

Let us lift them up and echo their cries

We are your people God, forged in your love, drive us to act like it.

Amen