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The Famine for the Word of God
The "famine" described in Amos 8:11 is not a physical lack but a spiritual hunger for the direct experience and understanding of God's Word. While other…
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- Amos 8:11
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Well, the hunger is not satisfied, because when He sends that hunger upon the individual, nothing but an an experience of God can satisfy that hunger. Well, until He sends that hunger, all the other hungers can be satisfied, like the hunger for security, the hunger for a better job, the hunger for a raise in authority in your present position, the hunger for – you name it. Every hunger can be satisfied if you apply this principle. But then will come that day He will send the famine upon you, for you are the earth of which He speaks. It hasn’t a thing to do with the world, the famine in the world, or whether there is famine all over the world, because they don’t know how to satisfy their hunger. There is famine, but that is not the famine of which he speaks. He says it’s not a hunger for bread; it’s not a thirst for water, but for the hearing of the Word of God!
The "famine" described in Amos 8:11 is not a physical lack but a spiritual hunger for the direct experience and understanding of God's Word. While other material hungers can be satisfied through the Law of Assumption, this ultimate spiritual hunger can only be appeased by a personal experience of God, which comes at the "end" of the journey.