HUMBLED BUT HUNGRY

HUMBLED BUT HUNGRY

The word humbled is marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit. Showing deference or submission. Where hungry has its meaning in wanting or needing; a craving or a ravenous desire. These two words speak of the many facets of the Holy Spirit. One has to marvel at the layers of the Divine nature of God and our limited human minds to understand Him. He is all that is holy, and we are mere men, yet He has called us to know Him and walk with Him. Two opposites—flesh and Spirit. We are His paradox to the world; dying to gain, lost but now found, confessing to cleansing, full but never satisfied. 

This poem from my book Messy Poems and Not-So-Private Prayers is a piece that speaks of my journey in laying down my flesh and picking up my cross to follow after Him, humbled but hungry. 

LORD, I COME TO YOU AND DROP TO MY KNEES.

TO CLIMB DOWN THE MOUNTIAN OF MY OWN MIND AND TO ADVANCE UP THE MOUNT OF YOUR HOLY THRONE.

HUMBLED BUT HUNGRY.

BRINGING MY BUNDLE OF PRAISE AND EMPTYING MY BAG OF SUPPLICATIONS.

TO ASK YOU HOLY SPIRIT, TO OPEN MY EYES, SO MY FOCUS IS CLOSED TO THE WORLD AND FIXED ON YOUR GAZE.

THIS IS WHERE I DROP TO MY KNEES.

HUMBLED BUT HUNGRY.

TO WAIT UPON YOUR SOVEREIGNTY, LORD, WITH AN ACTIVATED FAITH.

SUBMITTED TO NOTHING LESS THAN YOUR WILL. STANDING IN HOPE, NOT DEFERRED.

HUMBLED AND HUNGRY

YOUR HIGHWAY MAKES MY CROOKED ROAD STRAIGHT, YOU’RE THE NARROW WAY JESUS, TO THE MASSIVE DIMENSIONS OF ETERNITY.

MAY I GIVE YOU MY LIFE OF EMPTINESS SO THAT I MAY RECEIVE YOUR ABUNDANCE. YOUR MERCIES ARE TRUE.

MAY MY INADEQUACIES BE EXCHANGED BY YOUR FILLING, HOLY SPIRIT. YOUR POWER CONVERGING WITH MY WEAKNESS.

I COME HUMBLED AND HUNGRY.

MY FLESH FRESHLY FASTED FOR THE SATISFACTION OF EATING THE BREAD OF LIFE.

 Galatians 5:16-17 

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 

Psalms 25:8-10 ESV

Good and upright is the LORD; therefore, He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble His way. All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.

Psalms 107:4-9BSB

Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live. Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

BY MELISSA NORRIS

Sanctioned Love