Anybody Hungry?

Have you ever tasted a food once or twice and neither liked it nor disliked it and then after a time or two you ate it after the right person made the same thing, you couldn't get enough?  I dont mean like, you wanted it for a minute and then went on about your day.  I mean you couldnt stop thinking about it and if you didnt get it you started getting all out of sorts.  Once you got it, you were good to go again and sometimes better off than before you ate it.

This concept, and the proceeding scripture is the source from which I got the name for my blog.  In John 6:48-51, Jesus declares that He is the Bread of Life.  The bread that came down from Heaven.  How do you eat this bread?  Look back at John 1:1-5, 14-16.  This gives the account of Jesus being the very Word of God made flesh to dwell among us.  

Lets review, Jesus = The Word = Bread of Life, among others.  To consume the Bread of Live you must consume the Word. No I don't expect you to eat a Bible.  You need to consume the Word, not paper and ink.  Read the Word, memorize it (as much as you can, I know there's alot), make it part of you, apply it to your life, pray for God's wisdom about what you read.  

Why did I start off talking about hunger?  I'm glad you asked.  There are people that have been going to church for YEARS that have missed very few services.  They know the Word and know it well.  However they have not been taught to really get something out of it.  It's just cut and dried words on a piece of paper.  The supernatural aspect of the Bible has not been shown to them.  They know that there is something more to all of what they read than they are getting.  Therefore they are very hungry.  The answers to life's toughest challenges and situations are sitting right in front of us, the bad part is that we sometimes do not know it.  

Here's the fun part.  Notice that I said that you ate the food a few times and then it takes that one time for you to get hooked.  This is the reason that it is so important to keep on seeking God in His Word and prayer.  Matthew 6:33 (one of my favorites) says, "Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all of these things will be added to you."  In that one sentence there is a command to seek God FIRST, a promise that if you obey then you will be provided for (refer to v. 25 for what will be added to you), and a warning about disobedience.  God wants you to seek Him.  When you get hungry, you seek you find what will satisfy your hunger.  Unfortunately, some people use other things to fill that hunger.  Drugs, alcohol, sex, hobbies, friends...etc.  It could be anything.  

If you are feeling unfulfilled in your life, pick up some Bread and eat.  If you cant find the recipe that fills you, talk to someone that knows.  Get hooked up with a person that knows the Word well.  Its called discipleship.  By doing that, you help them fulfill the Great Commission.  Take, eat, and be filled.  Stay hungry my friends.

Grace and Peace of God be with you ALL!!!