Spiritual Hunger

Given the materialistic nature of our times and the steady increase of wickedness around, people are hungry of spiritual refuge and nourishment. If the emergence of numerous religious groups and churches is any indication, then many are veering toward religiosity and spirituality. With such trend, we can only surmise that there is indeed a great need to meet many people's spiritual hunger and longing. We should not, however, be surprised of this because wih the prevalence of crash materialism and evil in our surroundings, there are those who have reached the point of emptiness within themselves and long for a spiritual reprieve. And it doesn't help that the recent global economic meltdown has drastically affected countless people's lives and their lifestyles. Thus, in the midst of uncertainties, people seek spiritual solace in religion or in the churches of their own choosing. But do all religions, or belief systems, for that matter, genuinely satisfy man's spiritual hunger or longing for a regufe? Apostle Paul gives us the answer, thus:

"For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness." (Rom. 10:2-3, New International Version)

There are those who are zealous for God but their zeal is not based on His knowledge and righteousness. Instead of submitting to God's righteousness, they seek to establish their own. Surely, such kind of religiosity and zeal for God will not bring them near to Him and will not truly satisfy their spiritual hunger.

It must be understood that for man's spiritual needs to be satisfied, he should follow not his own but God's righteousness. the apostle Paul tells us where we can find God's righteousness that should be the basis for man's religiosity and zeal for Him:

"For I am ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." (Rom. 1:16-17, New King James Version)

It is in the gospel that God's righteousness is revealed. this is also God's power unto man's salvation. If man wants to be brought near to God for the satisfaction of this spiritual hunger, he should base his faith in and zeal for God on the gospel.

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