HUNGRY 2...
Dear Partners!
Are you feeling hungry as you read this? Has your deprivation of meat drove you nuts yet? I know I am!
I just treated my mentor to some nice prime ribs today. And as I chewed on my vegeterian salad and watched her dig into that chunky piece of meat I grimaced and said,"Ah.. that's just a piece of brown thing, nothing nice about it!" *ya'all know i love food right?*
But let me assure you, its all worth it. Just read what David says in Psalm 63:3-5(NLT)!
3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
Wow! You and I may have been to buffets and all we-can-eat BBQs before but we've never had Royal Chefs prepare "all-you-can-eat" and "anything-and-whatever-you-want-to-eat" feasts of the highest quality for us before! So can you imagine what it's like for a king to say that? Someone who has all the best chefs in the country prepare all the best food in the nation for him, to say that?! Someone who really knows what good food is, to say that?!
And in case you didn't know, King David was on the run when he said this. He wasn't in the comfort of his palace! He was being chased down by his enemies! His adversaries could strike anytime so he had to be on 24/7 red alert! Its not just about the good food he's been missing, the problem here is whether he even has had enough food to eat! Or water to drink! And above and beyond he's physical needs, above and beyond his feelings of betrayal and heartache(he was being hunted down by his own son), the fear of pending devastation and the inconvenience of his situation, he cries out to God,"O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water.." (Psa 63:1)
Man.. That is HUNGER!
Fasting is one form of expressing our hunger for God, giving Him the "above and beyond". Placing aside the time and energy that we've been used to spending on the things that are precious to us and, for a season, focusing that time and energy to search for God. That season for us is now!
As you continue to fast and pray, ask God to fill you with a deeper hunger for Him like never before... Like never before! A hunger that will last till eternity! Press in and call out to God and seek Him with all your heart!
Jeremiah 29:12-14 (NIV)
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD....
2 more days and our time of fasting will come to an end,
but let our hunger for God come to no end!
In fact, let it intesify now!
In His Love and mine,
I'm Hungry 2!
Bro Kah Fei!
posted by IGNYTE, Trinity@PL @ 12:24 AM
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