SCRIPTURE: O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Psalm 63:1-2.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Spiritual hunger is birthed in the secret; it takes a man of the secret to be hungry for God.
Spiritual hunger is key to accessing Kingdom treasures. Spiritual hunger grants access to revelation and illumination from the Word of God.
Now, one place where hunger is birthed is the secret place. The Presence of God imparts spiritual hunger in a person. The more you dwell with God, the hungrier you become for Him.
Many years ago, T. L. Osborne returned from India as a frustrated evangelist and missionary. He then decided to lock himself in God’s Presence for about a month. During this period of dwelling with God in the secret place, he read the Books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John about three times in one month.
When he was through with this spiritual exercise, he received a revelation of Jesus and an intense hunger for God came upon him. This drastically changed his life, and he became desperate for more of God.
You see, spiritual hunger is birthed in the secret place; it takes a person of the secret to be truly hungry for God.
Similarly, one day, God’s servant, Bishop David Oyedepo, went before God and locked himself in the secret place. He held onto God, asking God to reveal to him the secrets of supernatural supply and Kingdom prosperity. He began to read the Bible and other Scripture-based books while he stayed in God’s Presence. And before three days were over, he received light that he has never been able to recover from—light that continues to trouble the agents of hell to this day.
The problem is that many of us are too casual with the Bible. We read the Word of God as if we are reading a newspaper. It is not supposed to be so.
No one ever got delivered, saved, or transformed by reading a newspaper or a textbook. Demons are only cast out when you invoke the Power and Authority of the Word of God.
Therefore, I counsel you to approach the Word of God with desperation. Camp with God in the secret place to develop deep spiritual hunger.
Remember this: Spiritual hunger is birthed in the secret; it takes a man of the secret to be hungry for God.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Make up your mind to camp with God in the secret place to develop spiritual hunger.
- Maintain the attitude of hunger for the Word of God to access uncommon insights and revelations.
PRAYER: Father, I ask for a fresh baptism of hunger for Your Presence. I receive the grace to consistently camp with You at the secret place, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: ACCESSING THE TREASURES OF THE WORD (PART 1)
QUOTE: It is a foolish thing to do, for you to spend many days in fasting and prayer, live a worship life, study the Word, etc. and all of a sudden God’s power comes upon you in such a great dimension that signs and wonders follow you and devils are cast out then you stop fasting, praying, worshipping, and studying the Word. Culled from the book, “21 FOOLISH THINGS PEOPLE DO” by Dr. Paul Enenche.
DAILY READING: 1 John 4-2 John 1
AMAZING FACT: Lions have the largest eye size relative to their skull of any big cat.
PROPHETIC WORD (DECLARATION): Father, draw me closer to You. Draw me to Your secret place LORD, in Jesus’ Name.
