Do you ever feel frustrated about a lack of spiritual growth? Perhaps, from time to time, you examine yourself and realize you are not growing the way you should. Surely we have all been there. But why does this happen? Maybe times of stagnation happen because we aren’t hungry enough. Listen to Psalm 107:6-7: “Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.”
Similarly, Jesus promised, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”[1] When we are spiritually stuck, or we are not growing and maturing, the culprit may be our own appetites. Maybe we aren’t craving righteousness. Maybe we crave the good of this world instead of the good things of God. But the world will never satisfy. When we hunger for righteousness, however, God can and will fill and satisfy our souls.
[1] Matthew 5:6