The Most Blessed Soul in the Word - spiritual hunger is the hunger of a soul craving for God. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled. What greater blessing could there possibly be? The person who is truly hungry for God searches for Him with his whole heart and life, and when he does, the Bible says, he finds Him. "And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD." You will find Him if you truly seek Him with all your heart and mind and soul and life

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled." - Matthew 5:6

“Brethren … pray to get hungry.”

John G. Lake spoke this phrase many years ago. Though he has long since gone on to be with the Lord, the words he said are very much alive in me today. 

And, no, Brother Lake wasn’t talking about natural physical hunger when he said that. 

He was referring to spiritual hunger: the hunger of a soul craving for God. 

John Lake knew a great deal about that kind of hunger. 

He had it to such a degree that it catapulted him into a ministry marked by so many miraculous manifestations of God’s power and presence that it has been compared to the apostle Paul’s.

No wonder he considered the God-hungry soul to be “the most blessed soul in the world.”

Why is spiritual hunger such a blessing?

Because those who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled. 

Deuteronomy 4:29 says it this way: 

“if … you will seek (inquire for and require as necessity) the Lord your God, you will find Him if you [truly] seek Him with all your heart [and mind] and soul and life” (Amplified).

The person who is truly hungry for God searches for Him with his whole heart and life, and when he does, the Bible says, he finds Him. 

What greater blessing could there possibly be?

Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 8:3 - "And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD." (English Standard Version)

Written by Lynne Hammond

Devotions for the Praying Heart by Lynne Hammond

Mac Hammond Ministries

Lynne and her husband, Mac, are senior pastors of Living Word in Brooklyn Park, MN. She is an internationally known teacher and author on prayer. In 2022, they started a global church planting movement to plant 50 churches across the globe in 5 years.

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