Longing

Psalms 119:20

My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules at all times.

We often hunger for food. Especially in America, when we haven’t had food in the last 6 hours, we feel like we are dying. Our bodies ache, we are tired, maybe even get dizzy, are irritable, overall not good. My question is, do we long more for physical food to satisfy our bodily hunger, or do we hunger more for spiritual food? Our hunger for God’s word should be so immense that we are never satisfied. We should be thinking about it, searching through it, reading it all the time. In this Psalm, the writer says that his hunger for God’s law consumes his soul at all times. Is this a way that we could describe our walk? One that is consumed in God? I fully believe that if this was true, Christians would be under a new reputation in this world, not for blending in and condemning others, but for loving limitlessly and always being focused on God. I know which reputation I want. However, when we are blocking out God’s voice with TV, Facebook, our busy schedules, etc. We also are blocking out our hunger for Him. Those things are not bad at all. They can be used for God’s glory or simply for entertainment. But, when these things consume us more than God, we have an issue. When we “can’t find time” for God’s Word (as we spend 3 hours on Facebook, 1-4 watching tv, and the entire time that we are awake doing what WE need to do), there is a problem. When we hunger and long more for earthly food than we do for God’s Word, a change is needed. When we can go for days or weeks without being plugged into God’s word and aren’t striving to change that, there is a problem. What is a Christian without the message of Christ? They are nothing. We need to be CHRISTians. Seeking God with all that we are, longing for Him and His word, never being able to get enough of it. Plug in to His word daily. Crucify yourself daily and sacrifice for Him because He gave His life for you. 

Blessings,

-Ryan

The LORD is my shepherd, but do I let Him guide me through the reading of His Word?