Hungry

Have you ever been hungryy? I mean really hungry, odds are the majority of us in America have never experienced this feeling. I know from time to time we do a fast for our teenagers at the church and they don't eat for a 24 hour period. At the end fo that period they are hungry, but not nearly as hungry as someone who eats 2 or 3 meals a week. Or someone in a third world country who is passing up a meal so that their children or loved ones can eat the only bread or fruit that they have for the day. But what about being spiritually hungry? Have you ever been starving spiritually? At that point where your soul seems almost empty and incomplete.
I must admit I stay hungry for more spiritual growth. I read books, study my quiet times and read sermons by John Piper and Jonathan Edwards regularly looking to grow. But am I really hungry? Is there a reason for me to feel in want? No there is not, it's a different type of hunger.
John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
So there it is, if we believe in Jesus we will never be hungry or thirsty. But wait, I just said that I was hungry every day for the word and thirsty for knowledge. Think about that for a minute. First of all, I am never really hungry, it's more of that going back for seconds kind of feeling. When you go back for seconds you have already eaten enough to sustain you, you just desire to eat more. But in this context am I really hungry when I am reading and studying? THe answer is no, I am not really hungry or thirsty in this setting because I can go directly to the source and be filled. That is it, in America when we are hungry the majority of us can go into our cupboards and find food. It's the same with the word of God. When we are desiring we can go straight to the source and be filled right there on the spot because of God's gift to us the Holy SPirit.
So be thankful that through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ we can never know spiritual hunger.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!