DAILY DOSE OF HOPE – BLOG – NAIMA LETT
GOOD HUNGER
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© Hungry (Falling On My Knees), Kathryn Scott, source

Good hunger.
Is there such a thing?

I don’t know about you, but I’m not a fan of hunger.
I’m vegetarian + seafood, and I can eat.

And I do eat. Responsibly, of course.
With optimum health as my top priority.
Great food and I see eye to eye.

So, last week, when my husband Kevin (who has the culinary skills to win Top Chef) explained our closing worship song would be Hungry by Kathryn Scott, I paused and thought, “OK.”

Do we really want to sing about hunger? At the end of service? Before lunch?

But the song was absolutely wonderful. One of our worship singers – musical actress and model – Laurine Price – beautifully led us as we lifted up the following verse:

Hungry I come to You
For I know You satisfy
I am empty but I know
Your love does not run dry
So I wait for You

This was a good hunger.
This was the best hunger.
We were singing about our hunger for God.

Do you remember Jesus’ sermon on the Mount and the Beatitudes?
Matthew 5:1-12
Verse 6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.”

We all have a physical hunger for food.
But apparently, we have a spiritual hunger too.
And Jesus says when we hunger and thirst for His righteousness, we will be filled.

It’s Monday, Fam.
It’s a new week.
Let’s be hungry and thirsty this week in the best way: for God and His righteousness.
Let’s wait on Him to fill us spiritually.

I’ll eat to that :=),
Naima

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