Fresh Mannaby Pastor Tim Burt
Psa 37:18-19 “The LORD knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
Do you ever eat a meal, know you've eaten enough, and yet keep eating until you feel stuffed - even hurting from eating too much? This is a common occurrence in the lives of many people.
Why do people eat past the point of satisfaction - eating until they feel uncomfortably stuffed? Could it be that they are also trying to satisfy their future hunger? Eating enough to hold them for a long time?
Much has been written about this. It has to do with the subconsciously fear of not trusting that your next meal will be there when you want it.
Does that sound silly? It's not. Let me show you. In Exodus 16:4 we see the Lord trying to teach His people to learn to trust Him. It says, “Then the LORD said to Moses,"I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions." The Lord through Moses also instructed them to use up what He gave them. If they had more than they needed - share it, but don't keep it until the next day or it would turn to maggots. Why did the Lord want to test them? Not to find out what they would do. He knew what they would do. He wanted them to see for themselves that they didn't trust Him. We see their test score the next day. Exodus 16:20 says, "However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them."
They flunked the test! Why? For fear that God would not following through and give them their next meal. And for fear that they wouldn't have enough. Those fears caused them to disobey God and hoard up. That fear is very real amongst people today!
This is where having faith in God's promises becomes critical. The promise says, "In the days of famine we shall be satisfied."
Faith in this promise is such a powerful force! To move over to a position of sincere heart faith in the midst of negative circumstances and be delivered of the fear of not having enough later or tomorrow is mountain moving! To get to a position of faith where we hold on to God's promise of being "satisfied" is a freedom that is almost indescribable.
If you skip a meal, you might experience a hunger pain but you will not die. You may experience a different type of hunger pain such as fear or anxiety or a temporary sense of lack in other areas of your life, but you won't die. You don't want to let those "pains" derail you from the track of life. Ask God in faith for what you need. Understand that the answer will come and most likely, not in the way you'd think or in the timing you'd like to see. He does "exceedingly beyond what we can ask or think according to the power within us." That power within us is God's power ignited by sincere faith and trust. Thank Him from that point on. Trust God for His provision. As a child of God, hold on to your inheritance. Hold on to that promise of faith, so that even in famine, because of the Lord's faithfulness, you will be satisfied and not driven by inner fears that compel you to over eat worldly solutions that don't work, last, or satisfy!
Psa 37:18-19 “The LORD knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.”
In His Love,
Pastor Tim Burt
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