Have you ever been hungry?  I mean really hungry. Have you ever thought about the fact that we were all made with a spiritual hunger as well?  We have a God shaped void in all of our lives that is only filled with a relationship with Him.  Shortly after Jesus feeds the 5,000 He talks about this.  Let’s look at the account together in John 6.

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”… Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

When you eat to satisfy your hunger in a few hours you experience hunger once again.  Jesus reminds us that when we fill our spiritual hunger with Him we will never hunger again.  We sometimes chase after other things to “fill” us but Jesus is the answer for all time.  When we constantly fill ourselves with Jesus we remain full.  It’s only when we chase after other things, power pleasure, success, wealth, etc. that we end up unsatisfied.  Fill yourself with Jesus today and every day and you will never be hungry again.

In His Grip,

Pastor Dave