Everyone know how it feels to be hungry. It's a feeling no one likes to feel. It makes us uncomfortable,and can be painful if not dealt with. I know how it feels to not have any food to eat. There was a time in my life when I was homeless because of an addiction to drugs and alcohol. I was just like The Prodigal son(Lk.15:11-17),everyday I lived for the "party" that the street life gave me. I partied so I couldn't feel my hunger pains.I knew that when I became hungry, the party would be over for me. I would have to deal with it before I could deal with anything else.Being hungry will humble you.
The Prodigal son in today's passage was willing to work for someone else rather than return home. He was ashamed of his actions, he'd rather feed the swine than humble himself before his father.You must know how truly low he had gotten because he was a Jew that believe that swine was unclean and didn't want to be nowhere near a pig!Being hungry will humble you! All he could think about was the food that was being eaten back home.It's like you being away for Christmas dinner. You can think about all the food being served at the table that you should be eating too! The turkey and dressing,pies and cakes and everything else! Being truly hungry will make you want to be back home.
I asked the question today:"Are you hungry enough?" We as Christians must have a hunger inside us that only can be filled by the Word of God.Deut.8:3 reads:"And he(God)humbled thee, and suffered thee to "hunger",and fed thee with manna,which thou knewest not,neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live."(kjv) You see it's easy to feed ourselves with natural food,but what about our spiritual food? How many times do we pick up a fork or spoon but never think of picking up the Word of God? How many times do we go out of our way just to get something to eat, yet won't pick up the Bible sitting right there in our home.It's time for us to get hungry!It's time for us to humble ourselves and return home to Jesus!He has a feast for us that no money can buy! His table is running over with everything we need to truly live an abundant life. But the only way you can be feed you must become hungry! Are you hungry enough?
Sometimes we would rather feed the "swine" the things we know are unclean,rather than get fed by the Lord.Sometimes it feels easier to deal with the "swine" then it is to deal with the Lord. We just are not hungry enough!It's time to get hungry!
"Father,help us to make it a point to not only feed our bodies, but to feed our souls as well,in the mighty name of Jesus,Amen
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