As I was praying about the prayer time on Monday night, I heard the Holy Spirit give me the topic of being hungry for God. That also included having a desire for God.
IF PEOPLE ARE IN CHURCH, DON’T THEY HUNGER FOR GOD?
Not everyone that goes to a church has a true hunger for God. People may have a myriad of reasons, other than hunger, for attendance. Sometimes it is the place of meeting people. Sometimes it is just what the family has always done. Maybe it is just the “Christian” call to duty. It is easier, than we would like to believe, to clock in and mark time. When we are not hungry, we have little desire for the things of God.
Proverbs explains it this way.
Proverbs 27:7 (NKJV)
7 A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
When you are full, not even the thing you would ordinarily love sounds good. When you are really hungry…or starving, you will eat out of a dumpster.
I’m not looking to eat out of a dumpster but I do want a really hungry heart!
HOW HUNGRY IS HUNGRY?
Have you ever been asked if you were hungry? What did you say? As we start the prayer time, we take a look at our response to natural hunger. Sometimes naturally, what we think is real hunger, isn’t. It is the same spiritually. We are not aware that we are not hungry. Prayer will help us because, “We don’t know, what we don’t know!”.
THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR OUR ATTENTION
I guess you have noticed that by now. Every advertisement on every medium is created to draw our affections. But the baubles that come after us successfully are things that make up the natural building blocks of life.
Matthew 13:22 (NKJV)
22 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Who can truly escape the cares of this world since we live in it? By the grace of God…and prayer!
SO, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
We need to fortify the church in this area through prayer over this area of hunger. True hunger will prioritize our lives and goals. He will help us!
I hope you will pray along with me. Use your name, your family’s names and your church’s name. Speak God’s Word with me over your life. Let’s fortify though prayer over hunger!
Blessings,
lisa
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