Isaiah 55:1-3

Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink, even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk, it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. Isaiah 55:1-3

We live in a world that promises us satisfaction. We look around and see the endless possibilities in the things that we can buy, the places we can go and the things we can experience. But the lie shows up when we find that we can’t get enough to be satisfied. The carrot of more and better continues to dangle in front of us while we strive to grab a hold of it. And in all that striving we find ourselves frustrated, discontented, and empty.

We choose where we eat. This isn’t a choice between McDonalds and Taco Bell, it’s the choice between God’s table and the world’s table. The world promises us so much, but we find the promises empty when we look into ourselves and see our own hunger and discontent. God promises us that His food is free (that even beats the dollar menu!), it’s the finest, and in it we’ll find life. And what’s more is that God’s restaurant is easy to get to. We need only to sit in His presence. We partake of God’s table when we worship Him, when we read His Word, when we spend time with Him. We don’t go to God’s table with an attitude of eating to be blessed; we come with the knowledge that when we eat, we will be transformed. When we listen to God and really hear what’s He’s saying to us, when we take His words into our being and live them out, we will have wealth. We’ll understand how to live in the abundance of the Spirit so we can look like Jesus, talk like Jesus, and walk like Him too.

Now there’s a promise of satisfaction that we can trust! Come to the Lord’s table and dine with me. Let’s eat!

1 Timothy 6:11-13

But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 1 Tim. 6:11-13

…but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Tim. 2:22-23

What is it that you pursue? We all have things we want or dreams we chase, but what do we pursue? When we chase our dreams or desires, we are often willing to give up some things to obtain the others. We stop eating out or change our diet or choose to stay home. Sometimes we really do pour blood, sweat, and tears into seeing our desires fulfilled. If we are capable of that kind of sacrifice on a human scale, shouldn’t we then be willing to give that kind of pursuit to Godly goals?

This scripture lists the Godly things we should all be pursuing every bit as fully as we pursue our own human desires:

Righteousness: Is simply following the Word of God and doing what it tells us to do. It is simply making choices to do the right thing no matter how we look or what it costs us.
Godliness: Is being like Jesus. It’s loving like He does, walking in intimate relationship with the Father like He did, and doing as Jesus did as an outpouring of our relationship with God.
Faith: We get our faith from three sources. We are given a measure of faith to believe, we can pray in the Spirit, which builds us up in holy faith, and we can hear the Word of God.
Love: Is a result of being filled with the Holy Spirit and with God’s power.
Patience: Can be gained by waiting on the Lord. When we focus on Him and His faithfulness, we find our patience growing.
Gentleness: Is when we remember to be careful with each other’s feelings and needs.
Peace: We find peace when we lock our hearts onto God’s faithfulness and remember that God can be trusted through difficult times and that He has promised that He makes all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.

Let’s shorten our focus. Let’s focus on Jesus, pursue Him with all our hearts and let these things overtake us.

Lost in pursuit of Him,
Pastor Darrell

John 6:35-36

I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6:35-36


There is an appetite for the Kingdom of God that helps us to know in our spirit that we haven’t obtained everything God has desired for us. We then have a choice whether we press in or just set our soul to be satisfied where we are. Paul writes it this way:

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:12-14).”

This isn’t a paradox where the Lord says eat of me, receive from me, and you will never hunger or thirst. The issue isn’t the Lord’s provision, it’s my consumption. There are times when I’ve eaten at the Lord’s table and am full, overflowing with His goodness, and satisfied. Then there are those times I am dry, thirsty, or empty and need to consume more from Him so I won’t be so hungry. When we’re spiritually hungry we have a choice whether to satisfy that hunger at the Lord’s table or to try to meet that need with worldly substitutes. It would be like trying to satisfy our physical hunger with Cheetos and a soda. It would satisfy for a time, but it wouldn’t do near the job of satisfying my hunger like a good steak and a baked potato would. God promises us that when we consume the bread of life we will not hunger or thirst. He is the filet mignon on our plate. He is the meal that satisfies.

I invite you to consume spiritual food. Consume His Word, drink spiritual life, be filled with the Holy Spirit, and rivers of refreshing water will flow out of your inner being. God has called us to a satisfying life, but it must be centered in Him. He must be the source. When spiritual hunger pangs arise, eat His bread. When spiritual thirst makes us dry, drink your fill of Him. Taste and see that the Lord is good. Let’s be satisfied in Him so that we can be more like Him. When we are satiated with His food and drink, we will be more able to love, serve, give, and touch a world that needs Him so desperately.