Full but Malnourished

“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
—2 Timothy 4:3

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land—not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.”
—Amos 8:11

We are full—but we are malnourished.

Our churches are packed with content, not conviction. We’ve got podcasts, playlists, devotionals, memes, and merch. The shelves are stocked, the screens are lit, and the attendance might even look strong.

But we are living in a famine.

Not of volume.
Not of visibility.
But of truth.

Like junk food, bad theology fills you without feeding you. It tastes good going down, but it won’t sustain you when the trial comes. It won’t produce endurance. It won’t grow discernment. It won’t train righteousness.

The Word we need isn’t just λόγος (logos)—the written Word—it’s also ῥῆμα (rhēma)—the living, spoken, piercing Word that convicts, corrects, and calls.

You can live your whole life spiritually bloated, full of feelings but starved of faith.
Because you were never feeding on the Word—just snacking on the echo of your own desires.

What we need is not more spiritual snacks.
We need the feast that only comes from hearing and heeding the Word of the Lord.

Don’t settle for what tickles the ear.
Feed on what strengthens the soul.