"Hunger" for God is the deep desire to know and experience God more.All night long I search for You. In the morning I earnestly seek for God. For only when You come to judge the earth will people learn what is right. Isaiah 26:6
Many of us, when being honest with ourselves, find that our greatest hunger... that deep desire to commune with God.... occurs in times when no one else can help... but God! King David describes such times as our "pit" time. (Psalm 40:2)
In times when problems arise... dreams go unfulfilled... just the daily "living" of life wears us down.... we find ourselves "seeking" God... desiring His presence... longing to know that He is near and He cares about our situation.
Peter Lundell states in his book "Prayer Power" that when we recognize that all the things that claim to satisfy us, really WON'T, then the habitual desire for God becomes more and more natural.
Our hunger for God should be a "natural" response.... like breathing! The desire to experience Him more is the heart of our relationship. Our ultimate desire should be God.... Himself.... not what He can or will do for us.... But simply who He is to us.... God!
MEDITATION SCRIPTURES
O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for You. My soul thirsts for You; my whole body longs for You in this parched and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1
I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. Psalm 84:2
The one thing I ask of the Lord- the thing I seek most- is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord's perfections and meditating in His Temple. Psalm 27:4
I lift my hands to You in prayer. I thirst for You as parched land thirst for rain. Psalm 143:6
