Stay Hungry

Jesus once said, “Blessed are ye that hunger now…” (Luke 6:21). In America today, it seems strange to speak of hunger as a blessing. One of the goals of modern life is to insure against hunger. For us, security means food on the table and the knowledge that there is plenty more in the cupboard! But Jesus taught that appetite is destiny! Our hungers can either exalt us or degrade us. The things we hunger for in this life will determine the things we are filled with in the next life. Man’s great problem is his hunger for the wrong things! Note some things which the Bible teaches us to hunger for: Hunger for God. It was Augustine who wrote of God: “Thou hast created us for thyself, and our heart cannot be satisfied until it finds rest in thee.” It is true that we have been made by the…