Hungry Souls

Isaiah 58:10  

 "And if you draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy 

the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and the darkness 

around you will be as bright as the noonday."

The LORD isn't asking us to "feed the hungry" with just physical food.  He is asking us to give of yourself...draw from our soul and give to the hungry.  It's certainly much easier to hand someone some change or a McDonald's gift certificate and feed their hungry mouths.  But that won't meet the need of the hungry soul...Only the Bread of Life, Jesus, can truly satisfy.  As we decrease and allow Jesus to increase...His light shines brighter through us...lighting the darkness all around us.

John 6:35  "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that 

comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall 

never thirst."

Giving spiritual food to others will not only meet their spiritual need, but it will continually meet ours too.   Have you experienced that?  You are sharing the Word of God with someone and as the Word leaves your mouth you hear it in your own ears and it waters your own life...your soul.  Isaiah 58:11b "...You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing spring."   

 Funny how that works...when 

we give we receive back...if we give 

 with the 

 right motives, with 

the right 

 

heart.

Jesus is the light of the world...and as we walk in obedience to Him, His 

light shines through us and upon us...providing light for our path and for 

all to see and receive.  

 

"For God, who commanded the light to shine out 

of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge 

of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

2 Corinthians 4:6

"Arise, shine; 

 

​​For your light has come!  

 

​​And the glory of the LORD is risen 

upon you.  

 

​​For behold, darkness as black as night covers all the nations of 

the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you.  All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance."

 

 Isaiah 60:1-3

Blessings on your day,

Sharon