Have you ever been hungry for food? I’m sure you have and you ate to satisfy the hunger. Now let me ask you: Have you stopped eating since then? Of course not! Even though you were hungry yesterday and you ate something, you’ll still get hungry today and so you must eat. Spiritual hunger is just that way. You can be so hungry for Jesus, so hungry for the Holy Ghost and so hungry to be touched by God and be blessed by Him.
As you worship, study the Bible and hear the Word, you’ll become enwrapped in His presence, but a few hours later you’ll become so hungry to have the same experience again, showing that you’re hungry for Him again. That you had a wonderful time last Sunday doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go to church this Sunday. When you’re hungry for God you’ll always desire to be in His presence. King David could say, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord’ (Psalm 122:1), because he was always hungry for the presence of God.
If you’re very hungry for food and you tune your mind off that hunger to engage in some other activity, you may forget your hunger for a while. But if you keep talking about it and saying, “I am so hungry,” every time somebody or some other thing wants to get your attention, then you’re encouraging your hunger. Just as you can encourage your hunger for food, it’s possible to do the same with your hunger for God, but it’s sad that many Christians don’t know this.
The more you state your hunger and think about it, the hungrier you become. The more you talk about your hunger for God, the hungrier for Him you become. If you observe the statement made by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 5:6, He wasn’t even talking about being filled yet! Being hungry for the Holy Spirit or the Word of God is a blessing on its own. Just to have the hunger is a blessing; getting filled is another blessing. So, get hungry and get filled!
