Sermon on the Mountainside Who’s Hungry?

Sermon on the Mountainside

Who’s Hungry?

Food Satisfies

It satisfies our cravings and our needs

This is the picture Jesus is trying to get into our minds

When He says

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Luke 6:21

Eating is not a once in a life time thing

Eating is something you do throughout the day

And we do it to be satisfied

Your spirit has an appetite, a hunger, a craving that needs to be satisfied

Who’s Hungry?

Let’s talk food.

What is your favorite food?

I will bet you can’t just name one.

Cooking shows have become

popular because we love to eat.

How many times a week do you eat out?

 

How much of your budget is spent

on restaurants and grocery stores?

You are probably thinking of your

favorite snack or go to food right now.

When God made our taste buds

and the ability to smell and see…

 He must have made them for us to enjoy food.

Whether you eat 3 meals a day or 6 meals a day…

 You and I don’t go long without food.

I try to tell myself food is for fuel not

for pleasure, but food is so pleasurable.

There is a little or maybe a big voice

that seems to be talking all the time saying…

 “I am hungry” 

Whether it is hunger, craving,

or being famished, we want food.

Beyond all the flavors, textures, colors…

Beyond the salt and pepper,

the sweet and bitter,

the spices and aromas…

 

Food satisfies.

It satisfies our cravings and our needs.

This is the picture Jesus is

trying to get into our minds

when He says…

Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be satisfied.

Luke 6:21

Eating is not a once in a life time thing.

Eating is something you do throughout the day.

And we do it to be satisfied.

Your spirit has an appetite, a hunger,

 a craving that needs to be satisfied.

Jesus says those who hunger will be satisfied.

With hunger, we have to realize there are

good and bad ways to satisfy our hunger.

Jesus said…

 "I have food to eat that you know nothing about."

John 4:32

My food is to do the will of the Father

John 4:34

In our hunger, we need to be sure we

are not looking for satisfaction for the

moment without a view of the future.

Just because you are hungry…

 Does not mean you don’t watch what you eat.

Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:12-14…

"Everything is permissible for me"-but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"-but I will not be mastered by anything. "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food "-but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

Our hunger must be

controlled with a proper diet.

When we hunger for Spiritual food, it

will create a proper diet for natural things.

Healthy eating consist of…

What you eat.

 It also consist of proper eating habits…

Maintaining regular schedule.

It is not good to go to sleep on a full stomach.

Man shall not live on bread alone

but by every word from God.

 Deuteronomy 8:3: Matthew 4:4 & Luke 4:4  

Don’t read or listen to

God’s Word and go to sleep.

Use the energy of God’s

food to do positive things.

When you eat, take small bits.

God’s Word, like food, needs to be digested.

The digesting of food is a process that

starts with the size on your fork to

the chewing and working of the stomach.

You can over work your body by

eating too fast or too much at a time.

A wise parent said to his kids once it leaves

your mouth you can’t taste it any more.

Make sure you savor the Words of God.

Every word is powerful and full of truth.

 

Enjoy small bits of God’s Word and don’t

over eat and not digest what you read…

Mediation

Psalms 1:2 says meditating day and

night on God’s Word will bring prosperity.

Mediation is like worrying, it is

something you do over and over again…

You can’t get it off your mind.

If you can worry, you can meditate on God’s Word.

 

So chew God’s Word…

 Don’t swallow until you have broken

it down for your stomach to handle

and you have enjoyed all the flavor.

 

Jesus in His sermon tells us…

 Blessing comes from begging like a

poor man or hungering like we are starving.

If you have a strong desire…

 You will receive the blessings

of the Kingdom of Heaven.

  

Scripture Reading

Luke 6:21 NIV

21 Blessed are you who hunger now,

for you will be satisfied.