We live in a country where, for the most part, food is abundant and people are well-fed. Consequently, few of us are familiar with the symptoms of starvation.
At the outset of starvation, victims have an insatiable craving for nourishment. As time passes, however, the body weakens, the mind is dulled, and the desire for something to eat wanes. Eventually starving people actually reach a point where they don't even want food that is placed before them.
Spiritual starvation follows much the same course. If we have been feeding daily on God's Word, it's natural to feel "hungry" when we skip our quiet time. But if we continue to neglect it, we soon lose all desire to read the Word. We starve ourselves spiritually.
How much time do you spend reading the Bible? Meditating on the Word? Do you miss the Bible and its precious truths when you neglect it?
Thomas Guthrie wrote, "If you find yourself loving any pleasure better than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any person better than Christ, or any indulgence better than the hope of heaven -- take alarm."
If you've lost your spiritual hunger, I challenge you to ask God to revive your appetite for His Word.
Avoid spiritual starvation at any cost!
Preacher's Kid
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