Have you ever been hungry for something you can't stop thinking about it?  I know that is not a question to ask when you're fasting, but hunger can teach us a lot! 

Hunger pulls its strength from various regions. For instance, the mind - Your brain works overtime to tell you that something is off and reminds you of meals - favorite choices.  If you are hungry for a lengthy period of time, your mind will kick into survival mode - presenting choices and options, and even dwelling on certain items.  Your physical body also goes into to overdrive.  Your stomach lets you know by grumbling at you.You're dizzy and weak.  Emotionally you can get irritated, agitated, grumpy, etc, etc, etc..   All of these systems work together to get some sort of response from you.  

This is very evident in the physical realm with regards to food, but the discipline is to have this same system at work in the spiritual.   To be hungry for God and the things of the Lord. We can be so distracted and filled with much appetites of the world, that our internal sensors that should tell us our need for intaking the Lord is not as dire as your hamburger fix.   But God's still small voice calls out to us - to come to Him and to dine with Him.

It is interesting that the bible talks about spiritual digestion of the Lord.

Psalm 34:8 ESV  Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

The concept of consuming the Lord for your life is not far fetched.  In fact, Jesus states that He is the bread of life and tells us to do just that.  He also taught that as we pray, we are to ask the Father for our daily bread.  This is spiritual intake.   It feeds our soul.  This is needed, much like your body tells you that you need your next meal.  We must partake of what He has for us or we can see a downward spiral toward worldly things.  Jesus said, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied (Matthew 5:6 ESV)."

Are you hungry for the Lord?
Does your spiritual, mental, and physical long for Him as you do for food?  

My personal choice is to want to get to a place where my body yearns for Him just as much as a feast. The psalmists says it best when he said, "As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God (Psalm 42:1)."

It certainly shows dependency, but what I have found is that it leads to blessing.  "Blessed in the man who takes refuge in Him!"

Develop and discipline yourself to hunger for God.  
Allow Him to satisfy your soul!  

Our story actually starts a couple of chapters before in Genesis 18. Abraham and Sarah are visited by three strangers who were agents of the Lord. As they were sitting with Abraham one spoke, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!” (Genesis 18:10).

Abraham and Sarah were both very old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age of having children. 

12 So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master--my husband--is also so old?”

Sarah laughed to herself because of the probability of this being possible was zero. The time for childbearing was long gone. Although she desired to have children, her womb was shut for numbers of years. She longed to have a child, but now in her old age, that time passed. So upon hearing this, she instinctively laughs to herself. it sounds silly. It's not going to happen. There is no way it can!

There are times in life that we are met with impossibilities. Things that we believe cannot and will not happen. But when God has other plans, there is nothing that can stop Him! 

14 Is anything too hard for the LORD?

God does not shy away from impossible circumstances. Our God is able to do whatever He pleases. Jesus tells us that “With man it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

No matter what circumstance seems impossible, God can make it possible. You may be praying for lost loved ones, or for healing. You may need a financial breakthrough, or certain things to align for you. God can do it!
As we trust in His process, things can come to pass.

Our scripture tells us that the Lord did visit Sarah.

Genesis 21:1-3 (NLT) The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised. 2 She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would. 3 And Abraham named their son Isaac.

The name Isaac means laughter. Isaac became their joy. God can turned your laughter of impossibilities to laughter of joy and so He can for you!

As we pray today during this time of fasting, may we remember that our God makes impossible things possible!