Our Spirits call for Christ even when our Earthly Man (carnal man, flesh) doesn’t want to. We experience “hunger pangs” for His communion. According to Merriam-Webster, “hunger pangs are pains in the abdomen that occur in the early stages of hunger or fasting along with stomach contractions of the empty stomach.”

As Believers of Christ, we must be in constant communication with Our God, always. If we don’t communicate with Him, we are left feeling alone and hopeless.

Have you noticed an “empty” feeling, a feeling of needing or wanting something but you’re unsure of what that “something” is?

You try to find that “thing” in people and places but yet you’re still left feeling “empty?” Even after you’ve talked with a good friend or spent time with your significant other. Even after you’ve catered to your addiction, you feel a sense of incompleteness. You’ve entered a state of despair.

Ever went to Church but still felt empty after attending? It’s because your Spirit is yearning for The Holy Spirit, you’re in desperate need of a conversation with God.  A real conversation. One without preconceived thoughts of fear and failure, but to come to God, expelling “all of you,” to Him. 

You must “strip your self of yourself” – the you that fears coming to Christ with your imperfections, disbelief, hurt, pain, heartbreak, heartache, etc. 

God desires “THE REAL YOU.” You cannot hide “you” from God! It’s best to go before Him, with you.  You must begin to have a conversation.  It’s possible that you need to fall into worship – begin thinking of how great GOD is, how powerful He is, how He’s all-seeing and all-knowing. Worship God because He’s The Great Deliverer, He’s The Great “I AM” and the fact that even at your lowest, He STILL remains “High and Lifted Up!” Therefore, you have no reason to let yourself be down, discouraged and overtaken.  He’s The Great Overcomer and through Him we overcome! Yes, that’s right, WORSHIP GOD.

John 4:13-15 AMP | Amplified Bible

¹³ Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. ¹⁴ But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.” ¹⁵ The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not get thirsty nor [have to continually] come all the way here to draw.”

It’s interesting, when I worship – it leads me straight into praise! For instance, when my money is low, I don’t let myself get so low that I’m unable to appreciate all of the times that I’ve had more than enough and all the ways that God has already made.

This is a reminder to get up! Don’t stay hungry.  Come unto God. God says, “Come on in.” When you reach for God, you get filled! You’re reading this because you’re in this place right now and God’s calling you to better, greater, higher!

Reach for God amidst your struggle. Give God the opportunity to speak to you. Create space for God to speak. Create space for you to pour out your heart before God. Stop making excuses because if you don’t stop, you’ll starve – this isn’t the Will of God for your life. You must LIVE and LIVE AGAIN! You’re meant to survive every storm so go back to Our Source, The Lord Our God, and get a refill. You’ll have to keep coming to Him. It doesn’t stop. You cannot stop!

Why starve and die to your problems when God is readily available to give you food?

The enemy wants you to starve. In fact, the enemy will drain your life and leave you empty. On the contrary, God wants you to run-over with encouragement. He wants your belly to be full. Let me say it this way, “out of your belly shall flow rivers of living waters” when you allow God to refill you. – John 7:38 KJV

A Prayer for Fulfillment

God, it’s me! Here I am! Today, I expose all of me to you. I’m through running from you. I ran to my friends and ran to things and it left me hopeless. My despair grew greater. I couldn’t see You. I even tried suppressing all of my feelings. The more I relied on self-pity, it did nothing but depress me.  God, I’m empty and I’m hungry for you! Fill me, again!

God, I’m desperate for you! You’ve been calling me back to you for some time. I flesh ignored your call but my Spirit did not. Here I am. Broken and battered but I know that coming to You will mend me; You will work all things out for my good because I love You and You’ve called me. You’ve chosen me. You’ve predestined me to overcome.

God, I want to see you! God, I want to experience Your warmth, right now, when it’s cold in my life. My problems seem to consume and confuse me. God, I want to see You! I adore You and I know that you’ve brought me out many times before. I know that you’ve always looked out for me. You’ve kept me floating, rising, even when things seemed to weigh on me.

God, hear my prayer today because of my sincerity. Hear me because You’re The Great Counselor, you can help me and you can handle ALL of me, ALL of it! Forgive me for not coming to you first. My desire is to be filled, by You and You only. I need Your Holy Spirit to enrich me, to nourish me. God, I’m thirsty! Revive me. Renew me. Fill me up! This prayer is signed, sealed, and delivered to You, through Jesus Christ, Amen.

Today’s Scriptures:

Romans 5:9-10 GW | God’s WORD Translation

“Since Christ’s blood has now given us God’s approval, we are even more certain that Christ will save us from God’s anger. If the death of his Son restored our relationship with God while we were still his enemies, we are even more certain that, because of this restored relationship, the life of his Son will save us.”

Isaiah 43:1-2, 13, 16, 19, 25 NLT | New Living Translation

“But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

“From eternity to eternity I am God. No one can snatch anyone out of my hand. No one can undo what I have done.”

I am the LORD, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea.

For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.”