Understanding spiritual hunger

Hi there to you all,

I really hope that you all took advantage of yesterday's free download. I am sure that you will benefit greatly from the teaching.

Today, I want to share with you what I believe is a very important component in our spiritual growth as believers in Christ. It is what is called, "Spiritual hunger".

So, if you are interested to know more about this, then please read on......

Because of the finished work of Jesus on the cross around 2000 years ago, the church is in a wonderful position to be able to receive what God has promised. We are also in a time of visitation where God wants to visit the earth even more through revival, miracles, signs and wonders.

Isn't it amazing that there are isolated places around the world where reports are coming in concerning God moving. When God moves, supernatural things happen. People are healed, the deaf hear, the blind see and lives are changed.

I believe that this is as a result of people getting hungry for God and beginning to cry out to Him to visit them.

Here are some things to think about concerning spiritual hunger.

1. People who make an effort to pursue God and not give up until they find Him in their lives and circumstances will experience rapid growth.
   * It is so important to pursue the Lord. We are the ones who need to press in for more of Him if we are going to see and experience great things.
2. Another characteristic of being spiritually hungry is that we will run to the word of God continually.
   * Anyone who puts a great emphasis on the word of God to govern their whole life is showing signs of being hungry for Him.
   * In the natural, if we don't eat 3 meals a day, we will begin to feel the effects of a lack of food.
   * A person can't say that they are hungry for God, but are not hungry for His word.
3. A person who is spiritually hungry will be willing to make certain sacrifices. * They will sacrifice anything to press in for more of God. Believe me, it requires sacrifice to press in for more of God.
4. A person who is spiritually hungry will also never be satisfied with just enough.
   * Hunger will cause us to push forward for more.
   * Being satisfied is a sign that either we have been filled with something else or we have settled down with tradition or religion.
5. In the natural, hunger is a sign of health.
   * It is normal to get hungry, but it is not normal to not be hungry.
   * A person who is not hungry is actually sick.
6. A lack of spiritual hunger is a sign that there are spiritual problems in our lives.
7. Whatever you give your focus to will cause a hunger for that thing to develop.
   * I have seen this kind of thing in my life over the years. There have been times when I have focused on some particular kind of sport. Before I knew it, I had developed a hunger for more of it.
8. God will always meet us on the level of our hunger for Him.
   * Hunger is what attracts God to us like nothing else can.
9. Hunger is developed by :
   * Making time to spend with God in prayer.
   * Making time to read and meditate on the word of God.
   * I think you can say that it is like force feeding ourselves so that we can come to a place of spiritual health.
   

These are just a few things about spiritual hunger, but the important thing here is to know that spiritual hunger is an important part of being a christian.

It is amazing to know that we are the ones who create desires for whatever we focus our attention on to pursue them.

I also know that there are even some really good things in my life that I need to be careful with. If I don't prioritize the things in my life, then those things which are most important get pushed aside and the unimportant things will fill those areas up very quickly and I will soon become mediocre and ineffective.

I hope that the thoughts that I have written down here have been of some help to you all out there.

Be blessed as you allow the Spirit of the Lord to fill your life with His presence.

Blessings to you all,

Rory