Generating Hunger
‘Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ-that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective’ Col.3:2 [MSG]
No matter how long you have been a Christian for, it is important to know how to generate a hunger for God; How to continually stir yourself up in seeking God. The first way is to set your love on Him. Just choose to set your love on Him [Col.3:2]. The Bible says set, as though it is our choice to do that because in truth you long for who you are in love with. Have you noticed? So how do I become thirsty for God? Set your affection on Him. Another way of Read the rest of this entry
Hunger Equals Filling
‘As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? Ps.42:1-2 [NIV]
Everyone is longing for something. Some people are just longing to be recognized. But except you enter God’s presence with the longing for God you will not be filled. Perhaps you have entered His presence with the wrong longing but in the process of praise and worship God helps you to substitute that longing with the longing for Him, that is the only time you can be filled. David puts it this way ‘as the deer longs for streams of water, so I Read the rest of this entry
Loose The Cracked Cisterns
‘For my people have done two evil things: they have abandoned me- the fountain of living water. And they have dug for themselves cracked cisterns that can hold no water at all’ Jer.2:13.
God in the above scripture is referring to His own children, those who He has marked as His; those who He sent His Son to die for and who He has given up nations for. Yet these same people have hurt Him by doing two evil things – left Him, the fountain of living waters. And as if that is not bad enough, they have also created their own source of me time. Some people stand in front of their mirror and worship the idol in the mirror for two to three hours. Don’t get me wrong I have nothing against your choice to take care Read the rest of this entry
Center of Gravity
‘And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brother and sisters, you were doing it to me!’ Matt.25:40
Jesus said to the people on the left ‘I was sick you did not visit me, I was hungry you did not feed me… depart from me you that work iniquity’ [read Matt.25:41-46]. In other words, Jesus was saying these people do not do righteousness. ‘Then they will reply, Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you? And he will answer, I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sister, you were refusing to help me’ Read the rest of this entry
Right Standing
‘You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink is the best meal you’ll ever eat’ Matt.5:6 [MSG]
Satisfaction is only promised when we channel this seemingly insatiable desire to righteousness. Jesus says ‘blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness. ‘In fact some people even try to fill the hunger and the thirst in them with reading the Bible but with the wrong motif. Some read twenty chapters of the Bible daily. Should you read the Bible? Yes! Should you read twenty chapters? Yes, but when you are reading the Bible you should be seeking the person Jesus. So when you read the Bible seeking Jesus, you will Read the rest of this entry
Living Waters
‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled’ Matt.5:6 [NIV].
The Word of God says, ‘the blessings of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow’. But the world is trying to turn it around to read ‘the riches of the world makes blessed and add no sorrow’. Jesus is saying to us that blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled. You may be reading this today and your soul is hungry and your heart is thirsty and you feel this seemingly insatiable longing for something. The feeling is just there and it is constantly nagging. Sometimes when we encounter Read the rest of this entry
One Response
‘I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together’ Ps.34:1-3 [KJV]
I say to people, you don’t know why I love Jesus the way I love Jesus. You don’t know what He delivered me from. If you knew, you would join me and praise God. There is truly only one response when you are about to go through the night. You know that blessed are they that mourn for they will be comforted. You know that even though you are about to go through the night, the day is coming. Maybe they have told you to resign your job or you have lost a business. You know you are about to go though this night but guess Read the rest of this entry
New Chapter
‘…Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning’ Ps.30:5 [KJV].
Grieving births rejoicing, you need to believe that and rejoicing will begin in your life in the Name of Jesus. Scientists tell us that pain is necessary for healing. They say that pain is actually a signal that your antibodies should send forces to that area to fight and bring about healing. Unfortunately, we have people that want to stay in a consistent sedated state of taking painkillers. People resort to using several things to numb their pain because even though they have refused to let the pain go, they do not want to feel the pain. Read the rest of this entry
Blessedness of Mourning II
‘Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God’s favour and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted!’ Matt.5:4 [AMP]
Grieving births rejoicing. It is difficult to enjoy and value and be really grateful for wealth if you have not tasted poverty. People of God, I have tasted poverty a little, I cannot claim to have tasted a lot and I have tasted wealth a little, I cannot claim to have tasted a lot. But I know that one is better than the other. Don’t be deceived by people who tell you that you should not trust God for wealth. Let them taste poverty and their opinions will change totally. I do not dispute that there have been abuses of prosperity teachings. My Read the rest of this entry
Blessedness of Mourning I
‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted’ Matt.5:4 [NIV].
The first blessing in mourning/grieving is comfort, the sweet comfort of the Holy Spirit. Maybe you are grieving because you are currently experiencing a season of lack. Or maybe you are grieving because there is a promise you are trusting God for and it is so excruciating waiting for it. Whatever reason you may be grieving for, comfort is coming your way by the ministry of the Holy Spirit and of believers.
