Can SPIRITUAL hunger be taught? Can NATURAL hunger be taught?
However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. — 1Cor15:46
Think natural, then spiritual. The understanding will be easier.
As with the natural, I don’t think spiritual hunger can be “manufactured” in us by another man..unless we have that natural desire or hunger for this hunger. People can’t teach us to be hungry..but they can remind us to eat. They can ask us to eat even when we don’t feel like eating, or perhaps, force us to eat.
The more we eat, the more our stomach expands. This means an increased appetite to make us crave for more food. Similarly, the more we feed ourselves with spiritual food (bread of God) , the more we hunger for God and our appetite for Him increase.
Even though that natural hunger is a grace from God, we need to continually feed ourselves to expand our spiritual stomach. Perhaps, some people can really teach us how to make ourselves hungry, but that hunger will soon be gone if we don’t feed ourselves.
*Beware of busyness and junk food!
We are so busy that we become so tired. We don’t even have the energy to eat. We decided to skip meals. We decided not to schedule meal times. And then like a cycle, we become increasingly malnourished and in turn get more tired easily.
We replace spiritual food with junk food. We start feeding on junk food like facebook, video games, drama serials, etc. With most of our time spent on junk food, we don’t have much time left to feed on the spiritual food. The more defining reason is that we are simply not that spiritually hungry after all those snacking. Snacking is okay, but if it replaces the main meal….uh-oh?
Even if you don’t feel hungry today, the step to have a few nibbles is good to kick-start your spiritual appetite! =) +
Christina Siew is the author of ‘Love, Pinkie >.<’ (www.lovepinkie.com)
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