Ever notice how we tend to feed our hunger? We overindulge to gratify our bodies and eat comfort foods to assuage our troubled emotions. We watch tv, listen to music or play computer games to feed the need for tranquility from our troubled thoughts. We serve and fill our days with fellowship groups, Christian reading material, and studies to try and feed the hunger that remains in our spirits.
Hunger- To feel the pain or uneasiness which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; to crave food. To desire with great eagerness; to long for. (Webster’s 1828) We try to feed our cravings with many natural things such as food, distractions (from struggles), and outward actions that leave us unsatisfied and still hungering for more. That more is what we have been lacking since the beginning when Adam and Eve lost the most important satisfaction of their lives- their communion with God. (Gen. 3).
It is when we try to feed our hunger with other things than the Lord that we feel the pain or uneasiness occasioned by long absence from Him. No matter how much we fellowship with others, hear great messages, learn more ‘spiritual’ things, and serve our fellow man as our Lord desires, we will not feel content until we feed the real need in our lives with Him- His presence is a necessity for our satisfaction in life. True communion with God or to be one with Him is what He desires. (John 17:3,21) He lost it in the garden of Eden too, and He has been providing man various opportunities to find our way back to Him since then. Here are some scriptures on hunger:
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Mat. 5:6
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled... Luke 6:21
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. John 6:35
The Lord loves you.
He wants to be with you.
He misses you.