Day 85 - 90 Days in Proverbs - Full

Proverbs 13:25 [NKJV] The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.

There is poverty everywhere around us, even in the United States and other first world countries. News programs and other media sources make us aware of the dire situations in other nations. We receive calls to help nationally, internationally and locally, via social media, radio and TV. Sometimes, we even see people living on the streets or in their cars. There are food pantries, homeless shelters and government supported housing developments in every town I’ve ever been in.

Yet we cannot assume that those who are satisfied are righteous and those who are hungry are wicked. Good people, faithful believers do suffer poverty and loss. So, how do we reconcile Solomon’s words with reality? Whether Solomon intended to speak about physical or spiritual hunger, we cannot be sure. However, we do know that God, our Father and Provider, is always more focused on the spiritual lesson.

I am reminded of Matthew 5:6 [ NKJV] Blessed [are] those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. We must be hungry for God. We must be thirsty for the cool water of the Holy Spirit.

In Psalm 42:1-2 [ESV] we get some insight in to David, the “man after God’s own heart” …“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…”  David longed for more of God.

John 7:38 tells us that those who hunger and thirst for God will not only be filled with the living water of the Holy Spirit themselves, but will “water” others with the same: Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. [ESV]

How wonderful it is to be filled with the Holy Spirit! How very satisfying it is to help others in this spiritually dry and thirsty land to receive the blessing of rivers of truly living water.

This is what Jesus explained to the Samaritan woman at the well. John 4:10 [ESV] Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."

If we hunger and thirst for God, He will fill us with spiritual food and living water so that we never go hungry again. God does provide for our physical needs – food, shelter, clothing. He is concerned with those.

However, whether you are in one of life’s ups or one of its downs, God will always feed the hungry soul and water the thirsty spirit of those who long for Him. I pray that He will fill you up to overflowing today, so that you might help to water this sin parched land.

Prayer – Father God, provider of all good things, I long for You – for the pure and living water of the Holy Spirit, for the satisfying meat of your word. Please fill me so that Your living waters may also flow from me into the world around and bless others. Satisfy me always with the spiritual food and drink that my soul craves. In Jesus name I ask. Amen.

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