Thirst And Hunger In The Bible
What do you want? What do you long to have, in your life?
Well, it’s a profound question that’s not so easily answered. In fact the answer could change by the week, day, hour, minute, it can change, and does change all the time.
The Bible uses more poetic terms…
Anyone know what the bible calls it when we really want something? hunger and thirst
SO what do we hunger and thirst for? What do we long for?
What do you all hunger and thirst for?
Food, money, new clothes, cars, full tank of gas.
Boyfriend, girlfriend…satisfaction
I think we all just want satisfaction in our lives…am I right? And we see these things as a means to that end…if I could only have that car, I would be happy…If I could just have that guy as a boyfriend …show more content…
By Jewish law, pigs were unclean animals…and he was not only working with them, but he longed to eat out of their trough. He had hit the bottom. And the bottom, is both a horrible and wonderful place to be…things tend to become clear from the bottom…
This may sound terrible but I’ve prayed for people to hit bottom…that kinda sounds mean, but from the bottom, you come to realize that…“wow, this thing hasn’t satisfied me, it hasn’t filled me…this thing can’t, it won’t, it never will…there has got to be more.” And some people have to hit bottom to realize that…
I love the next vs. in Luke
17“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
When he came to his senses…if he never would’ve hit the bottom, it is possible that he would have never come to his senses…
Where am I going with this…I don’t know, only that he was not satisfied…
How many of you have Ecclesiastes?
Solomon the richest, wisest king is on a quest for purpose, for satisfaction…he tried money, and ambition, and women, and building things, and drunkenness, and all these things, and came to the conclusion, …show more content…
You get it…I think I’ve beat this horse enough, we will just never be satisfied, if we look for fulfillment in the things of this world…but that doesn’t mean we can never be satisfied…
Lets never forget that infinite joy is offered to us…we can be fulfilled…we can be satisfied…
Jesus said
Matt 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be? filled
One more thing…
All these that we try to find happiness in, all these things take a lot of work…you’ve gotta work to get money, work to get that car, or be in that relationship, or buy those new shoes…we spend a lot of money and a lot of time on the things that never satisfy…but…well this is how Isaiah put it…
Isaiah 55:1-2
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is
Well, it’s a profound question that’s not so easily answered. In fact the answer could change by the week, day, hour, minute, it can change, and does change all the time.
The Bible uses more poetic terms…
Anyone know what the bible calls it when we really want something? hunger and thirst
SO what do we hunger and thirst for? What do we long for?
What do you all hunger and thirst for?
Food, money, new clothes, cars, full tank of gas.
Boyfriend, girlfriend…satisfaction
I think we all just want satisfaction in our lives…am I right? And we see these things as a means to that end…if I could only have that car, I would be happy…If I could just have that guy as a boyfriend …show more content…
By Jewish law, pigs were unclean animals…and he was not only working with them, but he longed to eat out of their trough. He had hit the bottom. And the bottom, is both a horrible and wonderful place to be…things tend to become clear from the bottom…
This may sound terrible but I’ve prayed for people to hit bottom…that kinda sounds mean, but from the bottom, you come to realize that…“wow, this thing hasn’t satisfied me, it hasn’t filled me…this thing can’t, it won’t, it never will…there has got to be more.” And some people have to hit bottom to realize that…
I love the next vs. in Luke
17“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
When he came to his senses…if he never would’ve hit the bottom, it is possible that he would have never come to his senses…
Where am I going with this…I don’t know, only that he was not satisfied…
How many of you have Ecclesiastes?
Solomon the richest, wisest king is on a quest for purpose, for satisfaction…he tried money, and ambition, and women, and building things, and drunkenness, and all these things, and came to the conclusion, …show more content…
You get it…I think I’ve beat this horse enough, we will just never be satisfied, if we look for fulfillment in the things of this world…but that doesn’t mean we can never be satisfied…
Lets never forget that infinite joy is offered to us…we can be fulfilled…we can be satisfied…
Jesus said
Matt 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be? filled
One more thing…
All these that we try to find happiness in, all these things take a lot of work…you’ve gotta work to get money, work to get that car, or be in that relationship, or buy those new shoes…we spend a lot of money and a lot of time on the things that never satisfy…but…well this is how Isaiah put it…
Isaiah 55:1-2
1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is