Hunger
Summary
Physical need for food used both literally for famines and deprivation and figuratively for spiritual longing and desire.
☩Physical Hunger
Famines were divine judgments or tests throughout Scripture (Genesis 12:10; 41:54; Ruth 1:1). Jesus experienced hunger during His forty-day fast (Matthew 4:2). The apostles often went hungry for the gospel (1 Corinthians 4:11; 2 Corinthians 11:27).
☩Spiritual Hunger
Jesus declared: 'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled' (Matthew 5:6). He proclaimed Himself 'the bread of life' that satisfies spiritual hunger (John 6:35). The psalmist describes longing for God as 'my soul thirsts for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land' (Psalm 63:1).
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References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Hunger," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).