I'm starving!

How many times have you heard that come out of your very own mouth?

"I'm STARVING!"

Definition of starving:

"Starvation is a severe reduction in vitamin, nutrient, and energy intake. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. Prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage, and eventually death."

Boy. That puts it in perspective, doesn't it? You want another sobering thought? Type in "pictures of starving" in your search bar. It's painful.

I say it all the time.

I am not starving. It's very rare that I even know "hungry." I cannot even recall last time I even felt my stomach rumble for more than a few minutes? I know that there is a snack somewhere in the house, and if it's not here, then the store is a mile away. Even when there is nothing in the checking account, I can get some kind of junky food to shovel into my face with change that I find in my car.

We are not starving. We are craving.

Definition of craving:

"an intense desire for some particular thing"

That is more of what I struggle with. Cravings. I have intense desires, but I have never been starving. I want the Lord to direct my cravings. Praying about God's best choices for me has made me really focus on what His intentions are for me and my body. If I want to be used by Him, then I need to hear Him. If I need to hear Him, then I need to be near Him.

If I am starving, meaning, missing everything that I need to be whole, then let me be starving for God's Word and presence in my life, and that it would fill me and nourish me. Please, let it begin with a craving.