Are you hungry? \u2028\u2028from Spurgeon\u2019s sermon, \u201cBREAD FOR THE HUNGRY\u201d
\nWe should come to hear the Word, like baby birds in the nest\u2013\u2028when the mother-bird comes with the worm, they are all\u2028stretching their necks to see which one shall get the food,\u2028for they are all hungry and want it.\u2028And so should hearers be ready to get hold of the Word,\u2028not wanting that we should force it down their throats, but\u2028waiting there, opening their mouths wide that they may be filled,\u2028receiving the Word in the love of it, taking in the Word as the\u2028thirsty earth drinks in the rain of heaven. \u2028\u2028Hungry souls love the Word. \u2028\u2028Perhaps the \u2018speaker\u2019 may not always put it as they may like to\u2028hear it, but as long as it is God\u2019s Word, it is enough for them.\u2028They are like people who are sitting at the reading of a will\u2013\u2028the lawyer may have a squeaking voice, perhaps, or he\u2028mispronounces the words, but what does that matter?\u2028They are listening to see what is left to them.\u2028So is it with God\u2019s people. It is not the preacher,\u2028but the \u2018preacher\u2019s God\u2019 that these hungry ones look to.\u2028Why, if you were very poor, and some benevolent neighbour\u2028should send you a loaf of bread by a man who had a club foot,\u2028you would not look at the foot, you would look at the bread.\u2028And so is it with the hearers of the Word\u2013 they know if they\u2028wait until they get a perfect preacher, they will get no preacher\u2028at all, but they are willing to take the man, imperfections and all,\u2028provided he brings the Master\u2019s bread.\u2028\u2028And though he be but a lad, and can bring but a few barley\u2028loaves and fishes, yet since the Master multiplies the provision,\u2028there is enough for all, and they feed to the full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Are you hungry? \u2028\u2028from Spurgeon\u2019s sermon, \u201cBREAD FOR THE HUNGRY\u201d We should come to hear the Word, like baby birds in the nest\u2013\u2028when the mother-bird comes with the worm, they are all\u2028stretching their necks to see which one shall get the food,\u2028for they are all hungry and want it.\u2028And so should hearers be ready to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-h-spurgeon","category-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}