Friday, November 28, 2014

Losing Your Spiritual Appetite

My Utmost For His Highest
 
“We have to realize that we cannot earn or win anything from God through our own efforts. We must either receive it as a gift or do without it. The greatest spiritual blessing we receive is when we come to the knowledge that we are destitute. Until we get there, our Lord is powerless. He can do nothing for us as long as we think we are sufficient in and of ourselves. We must enter into His kingdom through the door of destitution. As long as we are “rich,” particularly in the area of pride or independence, God can do nothing for us. It is only when we get hungry spiritually that we receive the Holy Spirit. […] He takes that which was “beyond” us and places it “within” us. And immediately, once “the beyond” has come “within,” it rises up to “the above,” and we are lifted into the kingdom where Jesus lives and reigns (see John 3:5).” CHAMBERS
 
Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.(John 3:5)
 
Spiritual hunger … it comes when we seek Jesus … but so often we never get hungry for the spirit because we have filled up on Junk Food.  We are born with a hunger for the things of this world.  When you are born again, that hunger is replaced by a hunger and thirst for the Word of God, one of the more notable proofs of our new birth.  But like the vegetarian diet we once followed, there comes a point where a craving for those things that we excluded from our diet, creep back in.  Be alert Christian, like that extra piece of pumpkin pie with whipped crème brings on the extra pounds, losing your appetite for spiritual things will happen without you being aware.  ELGIN
 
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

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