Press the arrow to listen to Chris Tomlin sing “We are Hungry” as you read today’s devotion about getting hungry enough for a miracle.

Scripture
At about this same time he again found himself with a hungry crowd on his hands. He called his disciples together and said, “This crowd is breaking my heart. They have stuck with me for three days, and now they have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they’ll faint along the way—some of them have come a long distance.” Mark 8:1-3 (The Message)

Observation
What is it that draws the miraculous out of Jesus Christ? It must be persistent hunger. The sight of 4,000 men going without food for 72 hours just to hear all they could hear was more than Jesus could bear to look at. It was more than Jesus being touched by hungry stomachs but by hungry souls.

Right on the heels of this a delegation of preachers showed up, fat and happy, and demanded a sign from Jesus. It is no wonder that Jesus sighed deeply. He had just come from 4,000 hungry men, hungry for words of truth, prepared to embrace discomfort to hear more. Next to come were those who would not pay the price and yet demanded a miracle.

Application
How many times do I come to Christ and demand a miracle without paying the price of desire? Plenty, I’m sure. I want to sit beside the 3,999th man in the crowd, and to be just one person hungering to hear more from Jesus Christ. Miracles may come or may not. It does not matter. I want only to hear his voice.

Prayer
Father, today I join the crowd of the desperate waiting to hear the words of Christ. Amen.