Are You Hungry Or Content


What are you hungry for? Are you craving something? Perhaps you are full and content…

Proverbs 10:3 (NLT) “The Lord will not let the godly go hungry, but He refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.”

Interesting how the book of Proverbs puts together good vs. evil; right vs. wrong; life vs. death… In each example, I see myself in BOTH of the things written from different times in my life. I believe the Lord shows us these things both as a reminder and as a warning.

Sadly, if we are not in the Word of God on a regular basis, we miss out on these things L  Today, I am reminded that even when things are hard and really tough, I am always taken care of. The Holy Spirit finds a way to guide me to people, places, and or things that take care of me and “feed” me. Oh how I remember, when I’m not walking with Jesus, spending time building up our relationship – I start to ‘crave’ things, and none of them satisfy me! Why? Because the relationship I am needing, missing, wanting – is with Jesus and Him alone. Sure, I have tried to fill that void with all sorts of other things, never being truly satisfied with any of them. Sure, temporarily, but really – deep down – nope, not satisfied at all.

We truly have peace, joy, excitement, contentment with everything around us when we are focusing on our relationship with Jesus. That simple. Do things still go wrong in our life? You betcha! Do we still have sad or low moments? Of course! The thing is – if you look back at the times when you have been “close” to Jesus and the “things” that seemed to be happening at those times – I bet you can see where He was taking care of you and your basic needs. Know what?! Those are the times you were at peace as well. You had some inner joy that was a glow all about you. Am I right?!

Today, if you do nothing else to ‘build’ the relationship – just go through the ABC and name things that God has done for you, given you, blessed you with. Yes, even if you are having a hard day and things all around you seem to be falling apart – just do it. It will make a difference in your attitude and your day.

I’m praying for you and your day. May the Lord fill you with “seeing eyes” as well as understanding. Open up to Jesus, He’s right there walking through all of today with you ;-) Be well, be safe, and be blessed <3




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