Hungering for Truth!

A hungering for truth has settled in on our society these days. The media is spouting out what it wants people to hear and believe on every street corner. Lies and deceit have become commonplace as people shuffle to gain popularity and positions which will place them in authority.

A hungering for truth has settled in on the church as well. So many are going in seeking truth and hope and coming out dry and bare. Too many pastors have shirked their responsibility of proclaiming truth choosing rather to appease and satisfy with mini motivational messages.

I’m reminded of Luke’s account of Jesus meeting up with the disciples on the road to Emmaus the morning He was resurrected from the dead. He found them overwhelmed by the events that had transpired over the weekend. The crucifixion and burial of Jesus, then going to the tomb and finding He was not there.

Jesus showed up out of nowhere and “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself” (Luke 24:27 CSB). Later that day, after discovering it was Jesus teaching them, “They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?'” (Luke 24:32 CSB).

The disciples were hungering for the truth of the Word just as people sitting in pews across America are doing every Sunday. What is the difference? Jesus opened up the truths of the Word and fed their hungering hearts while a large number of pastors are simply sounding out soothing, motivational speeches which are lacking in any truth, help or hope.

To satisfy the hunger of the people, pastors, preachers and teachers need to readjust their sights and focus upon the Word. Lay down the books, pick up the Bible and feed its truths to the people in the pews who are hungering for truth.

While churches have a responsibility to feed us, we also have a responsibility to injest the Words of Truth through our own study as well. Even churches that are feeding you well are not feeding you enough. You eat physical food daily; you should be eating spiritual food every day as well. Get into the Word and pray the Spirit of Truth to illuminate the Words of Truth so your spiritual hunger may be totally satisfied.