February Fast - 21 Days Of Seeking HimSample

My Hungry Place. 

I am of the opinion that you don’t truly know someone until you have seen them hungry. My experience, though, is that the person who is likely to emerge as the blood sugar is lowered, probably isn’t the best version of that individual. For example, when I am hungry, I will completely ignore you. I withdraw to my hungry place where I am unable to listen, speak or focus on anything. In the same way as our bodies need food in order to function (some of you are feeling that right now), our soul and spirit also need feeding.

Before Jesus started His public ministry, He fasted. When the Devil tempted him to eat, Jesus responded by quoting Deuteronomy 8:3, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God”. When we choose to say no to our natural hunger (literal or figurative) in order to feed our soul and spirit, we can believe that God will work in us, transforming us into the best version of ourselves.

Jesus, I need you more than what I am hungering for. Help me to make a daily decision to feed my spirit with what you have for me. I pray that you will speak to me and change me from the inside out as I read your Word. Amen.