I am taking a Nutrition class this semester, and I keep mentally rehashing one of the things I read. That excerpt from Perspectives in Nutrition by Wardlaw is pictured above. Please read it.
At around 6:30 this morning, jolted from sleep by a dream, the differences between hunger and appetite came to me again. I've retained the information for academic purposes, but its applicability to spiritual life is so good. I see parallels between hunger and appetite and the spirit and flesh. I also find it interesting that one is physiological and the other psychological. There is more, so many connections to be made, and I look forward to digging deeper into the Word to discover and examine the topic further.
Today I wanted to share this...
Two things:
(1) Hunger and appetite are powerful. In order to be spiritually effective we have to know the differences between them, apply discernment to determine the driving force behind a desire, and utilize wisdom to choose who, how, when, what and where to achieve satiety. Most importantly, we have to stay hungry for right standing with God and rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit. See Matthew 5:6 KJV & Galatians 5:16 NLT
(2) We have to practice discipline and be willing to deny both hunger and appetite. We have to fast, and the Bible is not mute on this matter. See Matthew 4:4 MEV, Mark 9:28-29 AMPC, and 2 Timothy 1:7 AMP
