Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'”
Pancakes, waffles, yogurt, french toast sticks, chicken fries, you name it, our kid loves to eat. It doesn’t matter what time of day it is, if he is hungry he lets it be known. He will walk straight into the kitchen and point at the cabinet of what he wants and honestly if you try and get him the wrong thing he will let you know. “NOOOOO, Fench Toast, or yogut.” (He doesn’t really say r’s yet.) You get the idea.
I have learned over the last few months with Lindsey being pregnant that you don’t mess with someone when they are hungry. When the hunger gets so great, the anger aspect starts to come out in both of them, to what she has described as “Hangry.” As defined by urban dictionary, (I know a high quality source) When you are so hungry that your lack of food causes you to become angry, frustrated or both. Now at first I thought this idea was ridiculous and just an excuse, living with a pregnant wife and a two year old, I have found this to be a completely true idea.
So as we sit here this morning with him chowing down on waffles, scrambled eggs, and pop-tarts, it has got me thinking. What if we had such a spiritual craving that we became “Hangry.” Hear me out on this. What if we fed our bodies physical food the way most of us feed our spiritual bodies, 1 hour a week, maybe 2 if we attend a Bible study. Would it affect our moods? Would it affect how we respond to each other. Can you truly imagine right now with me how you would act and respond if you only had 1 hour of food a week. The “hanger” in the world would be ridiculous, and it would cause me to want to seclude myself and stay clear from everyone. See what I am getting at?
Yet when it comes to our spiritual lives, we are doing exactly that. Starving our Spirit, which craves and longs for the Word of God. Now I am not saying the only way to feed that Spirit has to be sitting and reading. There are many other ways to feed that craving. Time in prayer, serving others, in fellowship with other believers, listening to worship or a message. The point is though we need to be feeding our Spirit. If you want your faith to grow, I ask the question now, are you feeding your spirit?