Sermon Illustrations
Hungry for God?
Speaker Mike Benson tells how one night, as his family was finishing dinner, his eight-year-old daughter left six green beans on her plate. She normally ate her veggies, and Mike did not usually allow this sort of thing to bother him, but this night he was irked and said to her, "Eat your green beans."
She replied, "Dad, I'm full to the top."
"You won't pop," he responded.
"Yes, I will pop!" she said.
"Risk it!" he said. "It will be okay."
"Dad, I could not eat another bite."
Mike knew that night they were having her favorite dessert, pumpkin pie squares. So he asked, "How would you like a double helping of pumpkin pie squares with two dollops of whipped cream on top?"
"That sounds great!" she responded as she pushed her plate back, ready for dessert.
"How can you have room for a double helping of pumpkin pie squares with two dollops of whipped cream, and not have room for six measly green beans?"
She stood up tall out of her chair and pointing to her belly said, "This is my vegetable stomach. This is my meat stomach. They are both full. Here is my dessert stomach. It is empty. I am ready for dessert!"
What we eat reveals what we hunger for.