Developing a hunger for Him

"Revival as we know it 'now' is really the 'recycling' of saved people through the Church to keep them fired up. But the next wave of true revival will bring waves of unchurched people into the House of Bread--people who have never darkened the door of a church in their lives. When they hear that there really is bread in the house, they will stream through our doors after smelling the fragrance of hot bread from the ovens of Heaven! Often we are so full and satisfied with other things that we insist on 'getting by' with our crumbs of the past...One of the first steps to real revival is to recognize that you are in a state of decline."
God Chasers by Tommy Tenney

If we are to develop a hunger for God, we must first become dissatisfied with where we are now. "Satan's ploy has been to keep us so full of junk that we're not hungry for Him, and it has worked magnificently for centuries." (God Chasers) It's hard to get hungry when you're filled up on junk food. Junk food will fill you up, take away your desire for real food, and cause you to become unhealthy. I've found this to be the case in my own life--physically and spiritually. When you don't feed on God's word and spend time in prayer but instead eat the junk of the world (television,internet,secular books etc...)you become malnourished and your spirit man is weakened. Sometimes we as Christians are guilty of suppressing our spiritual appetite in favor of feeding the soul. As the soul becomes stronger, it is hard to hear the cries of our spirit man for the true Bread of Life.

I was living on junk food for the past year. My spirit man was weak. God had to intervene. I had to choose to put away the junk food and begin feeding on His Word. I started listening to praise and worship CDs. I've begun praying in the Spirit again. This has triggered a renewed hunger for Him. My spirit man is growing stronger, and my faith has increased. I don't want to go back to the junk food. I now have an appetite for the Bread of Life. I thirst for the Living Water. My desires have changed. Now when I go to church, I go with an expectancy. I want to meet with God. I want to have an encounter with Him. He is my Life Source. I've begun to chase after Him again in the hopes that I might catch Him. He has captured my heart. I will never be the same.

Taste and see that the Lord is good! Once you have eaten the Bread of Life, nothing else compares. Get hungry for God! He will not disappoint. Those that hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled!