I had the blessing and opportunity to visit my parents after being away from them—and from home—for such a long time :). One morning, I woke up craving beans. I casually told my mum that I was going to warm the leftover beans in the fridge, and before I could even finish my sentence, she went, “Nooooo!” She insisted on getting me freshly made beans. I was like, “Mummy, please don’t stress yourself; I’ll just warm what’s in the refrigerator.”
But do you all know that this woman actually went through the stress of getting fresh beans—even though we didn’t have any at home? We sorted them together, and she still made us beans from scratch, simply because her baby girl was home and needed to be fed.
I’ve always known in theory that great mothers derive joy from feeding their households, but I saw it firsthand on this trip. As I’m writing, I remember how my mum used to wake up so early to prepare food for the house. It genuinely brought her joy—an inexplicable, heart-deep joy—to see her children and husband well-fed. God bless her for me, and bless all the amazing mothers out there, in Jesus’ name.
Now, let’s flip things for a moment. Imagine I refused to eat the delicious meal she prepared. Imagine her children constantly refusing to eat the food she painstakingly made. I know I would be frustrated if I made a meal with love, time, and energy, only for my children to refuse it. This is the same frustration many parents of newborns experience when their babies refuse to eat. Recognizing the danger that refusal could cause only heightens the concern—stunted growth, slow development, missed milestones, and so on.
If our earthly parents desire to see us well fed and nourished how much more our heavenly Father!
Abimbola, 2025 🙂
I’m writing this blog post to you, my dear brother and sister in Christ, who believes it’s okay to be a Christian and not feed—not feed on the Word of God. Tell me, where and how exactly are you being nourished spiritually? Spiritual food to your spirit is what physical food is to your body.
Feeding your spirit:
- helps your spirit grow in stature,
- builds immunity against spiritual diseases,
- equips you with the necessary nutrients for survival,
- and maintains the overall health of your inner man.
The list goes on and on, my dear. So again, tell me—why are you not consistently feeding your spirit with the nutrients it desperately needs?
Moreover, do you know the lengths our Father in heaven went to ensure we have our spiritual meal? He made the Living Bread readily available and accessible to you and me so we can grow steadily. The Word of God is right within our reach—for most of us, as accessible as the device you’re using to read this blog post. If you can read this, then you can access God’s Word. Only when you understand God’s desire for your growth, my dear, will you commit yourself to feeding.
I also strongly believe one of the greatest blessings a believer can have is the blessing of hunger and thirst—the constant craving for more of God. Jesus highlighted this in His Sermon on the Mount:
Blessed are they are who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled - Matthew 5:6
To thirst and hunger for righteousness is to earnestly desire to be in right standing with God. Righteousness, simply put, or in my “lingo,” means to just do right by God, to ensure God is happy with you. So tell me, how can one earnestly desire righteousness if he or she doesn’t even know what it is? How can one earnestly desire righteousness if he or she doesn’t even know God’s stand or stance on certain things? The only way to be filled is to feed and feast on the word of God – to know His mind about everything that pertains to life and your living. Oh! King David had this blessing over his life, as much as he seemed to know God – his confession and outcry to the Lord was, “As the deer pants for water brooks, so pants my soul for you, O God – Psalms 42:1. For a deer to a get to a point where it pants for water brooks, it means it is in dire need of water for survival. Now imagine King David’s comparison of His need for God just as the Deer pants for water brooks. This goes to show and tell us how much King David needed the Lord for survival.
My dear, if King David—God’s beloved, a man after God’s own heart—longed for God with that level of desperation, how much more should we? We cannot survive spiritually on occasional snacks. We cannot thrive on borrowed sermons or secondhand revelations. We must feed—daily, intentionally, and joyfully. Your Father has prepared a table before you. The meal is ready, rich, nourishing, and free. All that’s left is for you to pick up your spoon, open your heart, and eat.
As I wrap up this blog post, let me leave us with Apostle Peter’s admonition in the second chapter of his epistle. He spoke to the church of old, and he speaks just as loudly to the present church:
“Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.” — 1 Peter 2:2
His recommendation for spiritual growth—growth in salvation—is simple: desire pure spiritual milk. I love that he emphasizes the purity of the milk, especially in a time when the enemy has flooded the world with diluted, counterfeit versions of truth. As much as I love listening to genuine men and women of God, nothing—absolutely nothing—compares to the Holy Bible under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit.
So here is my encouragement to you today: even after listening to those who have had deep encounters with the Lord, don’t stop there. Desire your own encounter. Go back to the dining table. Return to the very table where these men and women fed—and feed yourself! Apostle Peter goes on in verse 3 to pose a heart-piercing question: If you have truly tasted and seen that the Lord is gracious, why stop feeding? How can you enjoy the fullness of a prepared meal if you stop after the first taste?
My dear, don’t stop at simply tasting the goodness of God—go ahead and eat. Keep eating. Keep feeding. Keep growing.
A simple prayer we may constantly pray may be: My Father, bless me with hunger and thirst for Your Word, in Jesus’ name.
And I pray over you today—in Jesus’ name—that you receive this blessing of holy hunger. May you choose to feed, decide to grow, and choose to thrive in the Lord, in Jesus’ name. Amen.