How's your appetite this morning?
I'm not referring to food but your appetite for God?
Matthew 5:6 (NIV)
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
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 thoughts to get you thinking this morning:
How hungry are you exactly? Do you want a Scooby snack or a banquet? God is busy setting up a banquet for you and me but so often we settle for a Kit Kat or mere snack. Champion, get hungry - you will never out-eat His provision! How about this one: does your appetite for God get others motivated? When a lady is pregnant she can get some very strange cravings but also knows how to mobilise everyone in her life and world 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 mobilise others in your world to get hungry for Him too?
Does your hunger or appetite for Him get you doing things you would not normally do? Natural hunger mobilises a person, and so does spiritual hunger. When you have an appetite for something it "gets you moving". You get up out of the armchair and go out to get what you are wanting or craving. Whether it be a curry or kebab, you do something about it that appetite. 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 and cultivate a great appetite (hunger) for Him and I promise you will not be disappointed! He is not trying to tease you - He is trying to get you hungry so He can satisfy you.
Psalm 107:9 (NIV)
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Stay hungry for Him, Champion, and for what He loves.
Andy
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