18/06/2026
đď¸I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU FED ME, THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME DRINK
The scripture above refers to extending care to others especially those of the house hold of faith as God enriches His children in every way for all generosity, which produces thanksgiving.
The scripture says,
âWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his deed.â Pro 19:17
âWhen you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.â Luke 14:13-14
âWhoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.â Luke 3:11
âReligion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.â James 1:27
However, there is a hunger and thirst in man that only God can satisfy for example Jesus Himself said, man is not suppose to live by physical food only.
Some attempt to fill âthe voidâ with pleasures, others stop at meeting their physical need only but man needs more to live, whether He realises it or not, He needs every word from God.
Little wonder Jesus describes Himself as the bread of life.
He said,
âI am the BREAD of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.â John 6:35
The scripture says, âHe satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good thingsâ. Psalm 107:9
Even the woman at the well thought she wanted mere water intially, she challenged Jesus saying,
âSir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.â
But Jesus said to her,
âEveryone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.âJohn 4:11-14
đ§śOur key text from Matthew 25 describes when all nations will be gathered before God, He separates sheep from goat. He will say to those on His right hand ( v34b - 35a )
âCome, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry abd you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink;
âThen the righteous will answer Him, saying, âLord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? v37
And the King will answer and say to them, âAssuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.â v40
We should provide physical food and water to others as God makes available, take a moment also to ponder on scriptures that speak of spiritual food and water too,
Psalm 34:8 calls us to taste, it says,
âOh, taste and see that the Lord is goodâ.
Tasting is one of the main ways we experience the flavour of food, in other words taste the bread of life!
Another scripture talks about hunger and thirst, being led to springs of living water beyond natural water or physical food. It says,
âThey shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living waterâ. Rev 7:16-17a
đ§ś As we minister to the needs of the saints, minister by the Spirit, not by letters that kills.
Jesus speaking to Jewish religious leaders who challenged Him after He healed a man on the Sabbath, calling God His Father said,
âYou search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to meâ. John 5:39
He said the scriptures point to me đđť the living bread, the living word.
Donât minister letters but life by the Spirit.
âHe has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.â 2 Corinthians 3:6
Even Jesus ministered by the Spirit, He was driven by the Spirit, He always sought a solidarity place to commune with the Father. He didnât offer us letters but Himself.
âHow God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Himâ. Acts 10:38
Can God say to us, I was hungry (His brethren) and you actually fed me, thirsty and you gave me drink?
Ponder.
The Living Word Devotional by El Gibbor Ministries Intl.