Wednesday... It can really make a difference.

Wednesday... It really can make a difference.

Our hungering really does make a difference.

Proverbs 27:7 (NLT) says, "A person who is full refuses honey, but even bitter food tastes sweet to the hungry."

Let's say you are in a very good situation. No problems, no real difficulties, so you have no desire for a deeper relationship with God. You have it all handled. You're full, you're not hungry. You don't want anything it seems from God even though you need it. You don't feed on God's Word, you don't connect with God through prayer. you've got it handled. You're not hungering after a relationship with God that feeds you each day. And therein is a real problem.

You're hungering can make such a difference in your circumstances and your circumstances can make a difference in your being hungry.

I am going to the Doctor today not because I am sick. I'm going because I need a checkup. Now I would never go to see a Doctor because I feel great. But because of all those calls I get and because I live with a nurse that loves me, I am going. Now let's say, I don't go until I really need to go and I find that I am really sick and they can't do anything about it. But if I would have had those checkups on a regular basis it could have been handled.

Listen, honey tastes so much better than bitter food. And some say it can be good for you.

Paul in his letter to Titus in 1:1b-3a writes, "I have been sent to proclaim to those God has chosen and to teach them to know the truth that shows them how to live godly lives. This truth gives them confidence that they have eternal life, which God - who does not lie - promised them before the world began. And now at just the right time he has revealed this message, which we announced to everyone."

A hungering after God can make such a difference in the circumstances of our life. And some of these bitter circumstances can make a big difference in the end. They may be bitter but they can be also so sweet. Our hungering really does make a difference. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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