Uncommon Hunger
March 5, 2023
- Uncommon defined: to be remarkable, extraordinary, and exceptional. Something
- Every generation of believers that has experience renewal, revival, and a sustained outpouring of the Holy Spirit was marked by
- God is attracted to spiritual hunger and thirst.
- We are presented with a
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. —Matthew 5:6
- Jesus didn’t say “blessed are the filled”. He said “blessed are those who hunger and thirst”, not in a physical way, but a deeper
Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! —Matthew 5:6 Amplified
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. —Job 23:12
He fills the hungry with good things. —Luke 1:53
Spiritual Hunger Examples
a) Joshua
Exodus 33:11 says that Moses “would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.”
If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. —Exodus 33:15
b) David - brought the ark as his
and let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.” —1 Chronicles 13:3
O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. —Psalm 63:1
c) Disciples - Lord, to whom shall we go? You
A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. —Proverbs 27:7
then beware, lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. —Deuteronomy 6:12
- Beware - be on guard, watch, protect. This is where the word “watchman” comes from.
- Forget - to mislay, ignore, whither or shrink back from, to cease to care.
Spiritual Hunger
1) Don’t attempt to mask, or fill spiritual hunger appetite with natural substitutes.
- Your spiritual appetite can’t be satisfied with natural food or natural experiences. It’s only filled by Presence of God!
2) Don’t miss an opportunity for spiritual hunger to
in your life.
- Don’t just go through times of testing,
3) Spiritual hunger can be
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So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. —Deuteronomy 8:3
- Hunger opens you up to the
- You can’t just feed your body. You have to also feed your