We have read in our bibles, “blessed are those, who hunger and thirst after righteousness.” To be hungry and thirsty is a real need that must be satisfied. It’s to become more like him. Nothing else will satisfy us.
Warning, hungering for God does not necessarily mean you will get everything you want. God is more likely to satisfy you by making you hungry again. Why? I think because it keeps us coming back for more. The Apostle Peter said something like that in 1 Peter 2:3-5 when he says now that we have tasted that God is good, it should push us on to become living stones. The more we taste of God, the more we become dependent on God. Our walk with Him becomes a relationship and not a story built on rules and regulations. God says, come and build a relationship with me.
Sadly, many say there isn’t enough time in the day to spend time with God. If you are feeling that way, can I encourage you to get up a little earlier? To spend your lunch break with God. Consistency is the key. If you want a better marriage you have to be consistent with your efforts in being a better partner. You have to consistently carve out time to be alone.
But if we’re not careful it’s easy to be inconsistent. No one wakes up one day and says, I think I’ll be inconsistent. But little by little, bit by bit, the process is set in motion. It’s like what we read in Hebrews 2:1, “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” All it takes to drift is not to listen to what God has to say. The only way you can listen to God, is to spend time with Him. No one plans on drifting away, but by not being consistent with our efforts in seeking Him we wake up one day and the distance between us and God is so large that it seems impossible to come back home.
Do you understand, a life built without God, will soon crumble. Troubles will arise, and the walls will come falling down. And its fall will be “great.” (Matthew 7:27). If your heart has drifted from Christ and you have grown cold with God’s Church deal with the problem before its to late. Ask God as is written in Psalms 51:10, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” But don’t stop there, believe that God will renew your Spirit, and as you return to God expect that his Holy Spirit will use your faith to build in you a new willingness to be the Christian you were called to be.
