"Real Substance" - Too

 "All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled." (Ecclesiastes 6:7 KJV)

  ""And don't be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don't worry about such things. These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but your Father already knows your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need. So don't be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom."" (Luke 12:39-32 NLT)

 Something of a spiritual context is also being said, if you don't mind it if I bring it up. First of all, one of the most important things we have been given, besides the ability to love, is the ability to share God's word. Ever since that day I was saved, I immediately began to share God's word, making known to anyone I felt God was leading me to, that He has changed my life. 

 This became something that I could not quinch or grow tired of, because I could feel the Spirit of God flowing through me. For the rest of my time in jail, I felt that I was there for a reason, and I needed to share the wonderful gift of God. Even though I was held captive, I felt as though I was free. When you have a reason to be wherever you are at, you really don't feel locked down; you are blessed because you are doing a work for the Lord! 

 Strange thing was, especially after sharing boldly, I would sometimes feel drained; almost as if it was used up, and as if I needed to be charged up again. I know that might sound strange, but I began to see why it was, when I realized that it because we taste a bit of the Kingdom, something that is really hard to explain; but once we have finished sharing, that little bit wasn't enough to satisfy the appetite that we have to actually be there, so we almost feel deflated, like a ballon without air. 

 If you don't know what I mean, it's okay, because it is just probably something wrong with me. It is a little bit like Elijah after his contest on Mount Carmel; after which, he then flees to Mt Sinai, feeling as though he was very vulnerable, and he became afraid of Jezebel. When you are doing something under the power of the Spirit, when it is done, you can sometimes feel less empowered to do anything.

 There is really a very good explanation to this, and why it sometimes happens: Putting your sight on what you see, not on what you believe...

"That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won't last long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. For we live by believing and not by seeing." (2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:7 NLT)