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Desperate hunger from God can
test us to the maximum - we look for signs that our hunger will be
fulfilled. We yearn for proof that we will not die from
disappointment. Desperate hunger is a great gift - although, when you
first get it, you will be convinced you are being punished. Your deep
frustrations are a sign that God is going to use you mightily - because they
create desperate hunger - God is carving out your soul to create a
greater capacity for His power
by mariomurilloministries
We face a new kind of evil. We have never faced a threat like
this before.
That is why God is creating special kinds of people to be used in
special kinds of ways. What do these people look like?
We picture bold, assertive, natural born leaders taking the
stage.
We assume the Holy Spirit would instill great confidence and
audacity in those He has selected for special service.
In fact, the opposite is true.
He inflicts those He chooses with deep frustrations.
They are restless, they are weakened by confusing emotions.
Often, they don’t feel very spiritual at all. The greatest
gift He gives them is a desperate hunger.
In fact, your deep frustrations are a sign that God is going to
use you mightily… because they create desperate hunger.
Yes, desperate hunger is a great gift. Although, when you
first get it, you will be convinced you are being punished not blessed.
Jesus said “blessed are those who hunger and thirst…”
It seems a contradictory statement but a closer look reveals eternal
wisdom.
God is carving out your soul to create a greater capacity for His
power.
You are getting desperate for something — your appetite for that
one thing is increasing.
It seems cruel but it makes perfect sense: God wants you to want
something you can’t have. It is in the not having it, that your desire
intensifies.
The Bible says, “But to Hannah he would give a double portion,
for he loved Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb. And her rival also
provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed
her womb.” - 1 Samuel 1:5,6
Look at that! God is creating unbearable frustration.
In other words, she will be an amazing example of willingness and
appreciation.
God didn’t want Hannah to get over wanting children.
He wanted her to yearn for them even more. The end result is
one of the most powerful women in history — the mother of Samuel the
prophet.
In Jewish tradition, Samuel is second only to Moses as a prophet.
Hannah’s total reward often goes unnoticed.
True, she surrendered her firstborn to God but it says in 1 Samuel
2: 21 – “And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived
and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before
the Lord.”
It was Elisha’s insatiable hunger for the anointing that made him
ask for a double portion from Elijah.
Many, of today’s leaders ask for just enough to get by.
They will never destroy the strongholds of Satan. They fold at the
first sign of resistance.
Not so, the vessel born of desperate hunger.
When they finally get their chance, they will never stop, and they
will never corrupt their God-given stewardship.
All of this is well and good but it is not a great comfort when
you are in the depths of frustration.
Desperate hunger from God can test us to the maximum.
We look for signs that our hunger will be fulfilled.
We yearn for proof that we will not die from disappointment.
Well beloved, the proof is right under our nose. In fact, the
hunger itself is the proof of the fulfillment.
Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
righteousness for they shall be filled.” -Matthew 5:5
In other words, if you hunger, you are blessed because that is the
proof you shall be filled.
Alexander MacLaren the great Bible Commentator said this, “that
hunger is the sure precursor and infallible prophet of the coming
satisfaction.”
Mario
Murillo. Everything
about Mario Murillo defies the odds. He is a native of San Francisco, a city
not known for producing international evangelists. His ministry was born in the
drug obsessed, occult saturated 70s, in the epicenter of violent student
revolution - Berkeley, California.
His
gift seemed doomed to fail on an atheistic campus. Mix in persuasive Gospel
messages with the raw healing power of Jesus. The unexpected result was a
vibrant army of 2,000 students.
Mario’s
international ministry began in San Jose, with a four-day crusade that was
extended to six months and reached 250,000 people in an Azusa Street-type
visitation. Mario impacted San Francisco in 1986, with the largest Christian
gathering in a decade. He returned there in 1989, to preach for 30 days at the
world-famous Cow Palace as 5,000 people flooded the altar. Also in 1991, Mario
preached in Los Angeles to a packed-out Shrine Auditorium. In a historical
two-day crusade, he watched 1500 gang members give their lives to Christ. In
1999, after six months of IMPACT to the city of San Francisco, Mario returned
to the Cow Palace for five nights of power where thousands received Christ.
Mario
annually conducts approximately 50 outreaches which are noted for the presence
of God and exuberant worship. His preaching pierces the heart and unravels
modern evil. His IMPACT meetings are designed to be a power point to draw
people together in unity for the purpose of prayer, worship and winning souls.
With careful, strategic preparation in unity under the anointing of the Holy
Spirit, cities can experience a fresh fire of revival like never before.
Mario
has authored several best-selling books such as Critical Mass, Fresh Fire,
Fresh Impact, I Am the Christian the Devil Warned You About, and his most
recent release Edgewise.
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