Good morning champs. I pray that this turns out to be a significant week for you.
Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
How’s your appetite this morning? I’m not referring to food but your appetite for God?
· The Bible says blessed (empowered to prosper, happy) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness because it’s a great thing to stay hungry for God and for what He loves.
Here are a couple of questions to get you thinking this morning:
· How hungry are you? Do you want a Scooby snack or a banquet? God is setting up a banquet for you and me but so often we settle for a Kit Kat. Get hungry you will never out-eat His provision!
· Does your appetite for God get others motivated? When a lady is pregnant she gets some very strange cravings but also knows how to mobilize every one in her life to get her the things she is craving for (I have personal experience of this). Does your hunger for God and His righteousness motivate and mobilize others in your world to get hungry for Him too?
· Does your hunger get you doing things you would not normally do? Natural hunger does, and so does spiritual hunger. When you have an appetite for something it “gets you moving”. You get up and go out to get what you are wanting. Whether it be a curry or kebab, you do something about it. When you are hungry for God it is the same. You get up out of the armchair of apathy to go get what you are desiring. Thank God for appetite it stops you starving to death.
The promise of God to the hungry is as it says at the end of the verse, “They shall be filled”
How about you, do you want to “be filled” by God? Then it’s a simple. Simply maintain a great appetite (hunger) for Him and I promise you will not be disappointed!
Psalm 107:9 (NIV)
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Stay hungry for Him and what He loves
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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