1LT Christopher S. Goeke, USMA 2008
K.I.A. 13 July 2010, Kandahar City, Afghanistan
K.I.A. 13 July 2010, Kandahar City, Afghanistan
For some reason, though, we have a dismaying tendency to try and sate our hunger for God with self-esteem, with people, with activities... with Stuff™. It halfway reminds me of the diet pills you see advertised on TV ("Lose 50 pounds in a week, without exercising or feeling hungry! Here's how!"). Our hunger for God is harder to place, I think, because we don't practice it the way we practice hunger. Think about it. From the earliest moments of our lives, there's a cycle. We feel hunger, so we cry, leading mom/dad/legal guardian to put food in our mouths, and we're satisfied. We grow up just a little, and we already understand how it works. Eating becomes a part of our lives. Satisfaction of physical hunger is so easy that we often overdo it!This world has nothing for me, and this world has everything - All that I could want, and nothing that I need.Are you a hungerer for God?

I've got a truck just like the one pictured. It's a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado 1500HD Crew Cab with a six liter V8 and a sprayed-in bedliner. It's got 110,000 miles on it, a brand new set of Wildcat tires, and a window decal that reads, "Real Men Love Jesus." It's the only vehicle I've ever owned. That truck may as well be my identity.Forget the money, cars, and toss that ice;As one of the comments on the YouTube video says, James 5:1-3 tells us exactly what's going to happen to our money, cars, and ice... it's gone. Christ is worth so much more. My possessions don't make me a man. Christ made me, loves me, and gave Himself for me. I can no longer live a life based on the Truck, but I must live by faith in the Son (Galatians 2:20).
The cost is Christ
And they could never offer me anything on the planet that'll cost that price.