Spiritual Hunger

As we must feed the hunger of our flesh, we must feed the hunger of our Spirit. If there is food for our earthly bodies, there must be food for our spiritual ones. That food cannot be meat, or fruit or vegetables - food of this world. These things can only feed the earthly being, and have no capacity to feed the spiritual being. So what is the spiritual food? It is the same food that fed our Savior. " 'My food,' said Jesus, ' is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work' " (John 4:34). If we cannot live long in our earthly bodies without feeding them, do we think we can live long spiritually without feeding our spiritual hunger? Doing the will of the Father, our nourishment, always takes us back to His Word. For it is in His Word that we find His will; and it is His very words that bring us nourishment: " Jesus answered, ' It is written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God' " (Matthew 4:4).