There was a saying that "If you don't eat, you die. You die, because you don't eat." Absolutely, death will be the outcome if let ourselves not to eat.
As I observed myself whenever I skipped meals: I get easily irritated, my body weakens and I can't think properly, causing some bad decision. Sometimes the brain can no longer control the hunger of the stomach that if we let it that way it may lead to undesirable results.
Literally, hunger has been the driving force to survive even the time of Moses.
For several times, the Israelites blame Moses for their condition, even though they know that God is with them and fulfilling His covenant.
In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” -Exodus 16:2-3 (Read more of the story)
Because of this hunger, many people were led to their destruction.
Led by the devil, taking opportunity to compromise their faith just to satisfy their hungry stomach.
Yet, it is not too late, let us not compromise our faith and know the know the KEY on how to overcome it.
Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” - Matthew 4:1-3
If we could be in Jesus's situation, we might easily give-in to the devil's temptation, but Jesus knows the KEY for Him not to sin...
Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” - Matthew 4:1-3
We sometimes justify ourselves that it is enough already for us to be healthy (physically) and not hurting someone in anyway. Most of us can settle to that reasoning.
However, as Christians, we should know that word of God is much more we need than the food that satisfies our hungry stomach.
Jesus has already set an example and all we have to do is to follow Him. He's the only way to our salvation and eternal life.
So, next time you feel the hunger you might consider the following questions:
1.) Am I compromising my well-being and most especially my faith?
2.) Am I receiving the proper nutrition that my soul and body need?
Be not satisfied to chicken, pizza and pasta but hunger and thirst to the word that can fill our emptiness.
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. - 1 Peter 2:2-3
To God Be The Glory.
Happy Sunday. God bless. :)
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