Starving?...Malnourished?...

Yep, like the Israelites I've been in my tent waiting for God to 'feed' me. Ahem, didn't He instruct them to get up, go out of their tent and gather the manna, the bread of angels? So Beth said if they didn't, they would starve to death with the provision right outside the tent. Yikes, I wonder why I've been overwhelmed so many times. Well, could it be I was a tiny bit malnourished? I forgot that Jesus Himself is the true Bread of heaven. Only He can satisfy a starving soul..daily. Going back to yesterday's just doesn't cut it; just like remembering just how good that steak was yesterday does not satisfy your hunger today. Going to my friends does not satisfy like it used to either.

But at this time of year, depression starts to creep in and I think..Yeah, God, but I am so tired, I have this blanket of heaviness, I just do not have the energy...You know what I need already...You don't have any IV's around, do ya? Seems like I forgot that it is not my temporal needs that is the issue, it is that I need Him. So this really slow learner is getting better. I'm remembering more often to diligently seek Him, loudly proclaiming my need (when noone is around of course). This Beth Moore study truly is a divine appointment. Let me close with her quote,
..."Yes, God's grace is always sufficient, and His arms are always open to give it; but will our arms be open to receive what He so graciously offers? You and I can survive anything, but we must want to. The world offers plenty of quail to satisfy our hunger, but we will stuff ourselves without satisfaction. Only God's provision can satisfy a starving soul." (A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place, p.44)

Father, thank You that because of Your great love we are not consumed. Thank You that Your mercies are new every morning. Thank You that Your provision matches the need. Thank you for Your patience. Thank You, Lord. I pray for my friends tonight who are really 'starving'. Give them just enough hunger to diligently seek You and may You fill their hunger. Thank You, Lord. I love You. In Jesus' name, Amen.

I can now say that I truly know the sentiment behind this old hymn: Sing with me as a prayer: [http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/u/guideme.htm]


Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,[or Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer…]
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,
Feed me till I want no more; Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield; Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

Lord, I trust Thy mighty power,
Wondrous are Thy works of old;
Thou deliver’st Thine from thralldom,
Who for naught themselves had sold:
Thou didst conquer, Thou didst conquer,
Sin, and Satan and the grave,Sin, and Satan and the grave.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of deaths, and hell’s destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to Thee;I will ever give to Thee.

Musing on my habitation,
Musing on my heav’nly home,
Fills my soul with holy longings:
Come, my Jesus, quickly come;
Vanity is all I see;
Lord, I long to be with Thee!Lord, I long to be with Thee!