Love you all, praying for you,
Have you ever noticed there are several kinds of hunger? You can be hungry for food, that’s physical hunger. You can be hungry for money – that’s greed. You can hunger for physical gratification, that’s lust. You can hunger for fame or attention – that’s vanity or narcissism. You can hunger for what belongs to someone else – that’s coveting. You can hunger for what you don’t have – that’s discontentment. You can hunger for payback – that’s revenge. Of all these hungers, one is legitimate, the rest are sin. If you hunger for what will never satisfy, you will never be satisfied. When it comes to food, God said if a man will not work, neither shall he eat. (2 Thess 3:10) So do your part. But it’s nothing to dread, and it’s not hard. God can give you joy in working, He gave Adam a job before He gave him a wife. Colossians 3:23 – When you know that you work for the LORD, not man or money and He rewards you, it can be a joy! Just work because you love God – He’s at least worth that, and hunger won’t be a problem for you. But here is the real promise that you can take to the bank. Psalms 37:25 – I was young and and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken, or their children begging for bread. God is Jehovah Jireh, your provider. On the mountain of the LORD He will provide. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, give your heart and your life to him, and you and your children won’t go hungry. When it comes to hunger for money. God said you cannot love God and money Matthew 6:24 - so it’s either greed, or God. He said “Thou shalt not covet” Exodus 20:17 - what belongs to someone else is none of your business. He said be content in with what you have (Hebrews 13:5) and in whatever situation you are in (Phillippians 4:11-13) so you don’t have to suffer discontentment. He said honor others above yourself (Romans 12:10, and in humility value others above yourselves, Philippians 2:3) so you don’t fall into vanity or narcissism. He said Vengeance is mine I will repay (Deu 32:35, and Hebrews 10:30) so you don’t waste your energy or sacrifice your happiness on payback. So if all these hungers are not for you… what should you hunger for? Matthew 5:6 – Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled. Hunger for this, and you will be filled, and blessed (that means filled again and again – more is coming! His provision is perpetual for those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. All other hungers – go hungry, get used to disappointment. But if you hunger and thirst after righteousness – God said… you are blessed, and will be filled. And if you have righteousness – right standing and right doing – an infinite list of blessings are already on the way. Hunger for His presence, because if you do, you get everything that comes it, that comes with Him, because all He is and has are found and flow out of His presence – that place of worship, adoration and obedience. This includes every fruit of the Spirit, (Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control) and everything else He gives both physical and spiritual. It all flows from His presence. Being with Him, just to be with Him, not for what He gives. Another interesting thing about hunger. It self-perpetuates. Whatever hunger you feed increases. If you feed the flesh, your hunger for the things of the flesh will increase. But if you feed your spirit, your hunger for the things of the Spirit will increase – because they are just better! The other stuff can’t compare. PRISM is the secret, your time in God’s Word every day. You wouldn’t skip breakfast, lunch and dinner, you’d be hungry. Same thing with spiritual food. You can’t starve your spirit – and be spiritually effective, spiritually victorious. And since the battle is not against flesh and blood – you want to be strong in spirit – if you are – the body will follow. The more you feed your spirit the more your hunger for the things of the Spirit will grow, the more your hunger for things of the world will wane, and the more the physical things you really need - will be met. Jesus said to his disciples, I have food to eat that you know not of (John 4:32). They thought he was talking about hamburgers, they didn’t understand. But Jesus was telling them, there are things more important than food, it’s your Daily Bread, the Bread of Life – Jesus, the Word of God. There are things more important than physical, temporary hungers. If you will hunger after the things of the Spirit – you will be permanently filled. Praying that you feed on His Word – so your hunger for it grows, so your righteousness will grow – and surely you will be fed. Praying that PRISM becomes a growing appetite for you. Both the written Word of the Bible, and His Word of His Spirit to you for today – His plans that you get directly from Him, during PiVAT before dinner. And if you walk daily with another – like He commanded in Hebrews 3:13 – you will overcome the other hungers that won’t satisfy, you will have victory over them. Your hunger for Him will grow, and every hunger you have will be met. Love you all, dad
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