Hungry anyone?


Isn't it funny how we have been trained that hunger is a bad thing? I find it ironic that the thing God uses to bring us to him, is exactly what the world would have us think is bad! I was driving home from work today with alot of questions, fears and anxiety screaming at me. To me that is a form of hunger. When the enemy is trying to remind you of who you were and what you have done. Then i realized that this pushing wasnt from God, thats when i determined it was time to do something about the screaming. Scream back out of MY HUNGER for God. Out if my hunger for His word, and out of my hunger for His presence. When it comes to that point I just had to do all I know to do and that is Praise the Lord with all that I am! I was driving on the Toll road and as I was there singing, it felt like no one else was there! The hills were displayed with tall green grass, yellow and purple flowers everywhere and with the sun shining! "Hungry" was playing and I was amazed at the peace and absolute Presence of God. It blew me away!!! I began to hunger and thirst for the presence of God again more than I have. I love that as you get deeper in a walk with God and continue to seek him, the hunger only get stronger! We hear it on television, that hunger isn't welcome, or we take pills to supress our hunger! Don't you think that we would be more affective as Christians if we stopped trying to supress our hunger for God with other things! Just like with human bodies, hunger will soon pass if we keep ignoring it! I want to stop ignoring MY hunger paings and start feeding them with more of Gods word. How do you make hunger disappear? You feed it! Mat 5:6 "Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." That is Gods promise to us! Cling to that today and know that hunger isn't always bad. Here are the words to the song that inspired this thought!

"Hungry I come to you
For I know you satisfy
I am empty
But I know your love
Does not run dry

So I wait for you
So I wait for you

I'm falling on my knees
Offering all of me
Jesus your all this heart
Is living for

Broken I run to you
For your arms are open wide
I am weary
But I know your touch
Restores my life

So I wait for you
So I wait for you, O Lord
So I wait for you
So I wait for you

I'm falling on my knees
Offering all of me
Jesus your all this heart
Is living for..."-Kathryn Scott

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