Hungry

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

HUNGRY

Prov 27:7

7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

NIV

It might be true that as we are well fed, we refuse certain foods based on the fact we are not liking their taste or smell or even their texture. However, it may also be true that for those poor souls living on the streets and in need of both shelter and sustenance, any food would be tasty to their mouth.  It might be the meaning of their proverb, however there is another application that we can make as well. Let us consider the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness. They were hungry and they murmured against Moses, so he asked God and God supplied manna from heaven. Each and every morning they would be able to go out and collect enough for their daily bread, hmmmm that sounds familiar. At first they were excited and pleased to receive this daily bread, but then after a while it was not enough and they grumbled again. This may well be applied to spiritual matters. Have we ever considered ourselves at a point of not needing to learn more about the scriptures, about God and how he deals with us? When we first were saved and so excited about God, about the scriptures and everything was new and fresh and we could not get enough of the Spirit. But then as the years past, we grew less and less excited and more or less fell into a routine of just collecting our daily bread, so to speak. They say the difference between a routine or a rut and a grave is simply the length. Where is the enthusiasm for God? Where is the excitement for his working in our lives? Have we lost that fever? No, we have more now than ever before for there is something new every morning. The Spirit opens new insights each and every day. He continues to lead us, to inspire us, to move us into areas of our lives we would never go in our own. But there is a danger of even getting into a routine. We always need to be needy, to be hungry for his word, for his working within us, working through us and seeing the results of his love, his armor, his fruit, and his gifts as they are indwelling within us. Never should we loath his working in our lives because we have so much of him. We should always remain hungry for him.