Spark2Flame

I want to start a new feature where I tell about a song and the thoughts behind it while giving you the chords and a chance to hear it if you haven’t before. I hope in the future to have a decent way to record new songs so I can get those out there as well, but for now, we can start with the ones that are already recorded.

The first one for this new adventure is “Hunger for Your Heart.” If you didn’t read my blog post that mentions this song on Connecting to Impact, then click here to read it and maybe get a laugh or two. Misunderstandings aside, this song hits on some real issues for us though.


At its heart, the song is a just a cry for more of God. To the level we seek Him will determine to the level we find Him. There is a constant battle for our attention and passion, but only He is deserving and worthy. Frustrations, distractions, and busyness try to steal our worship, but we simply have to come back and examine our priorities. What can we say we need more than God? Our first response would probably be “nothing,” but we often live far from that truth. We chase after provision, comfort, peace, experiences, wisdom, and all sorts of things—not realizing that He is the source. As the writer of Ecclesiastes points out, all this is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

The chorus says

Bring the oil and the wine
I will not be satisfied ‘til I look upon Your lovely face
Bring the greatest treasure, still I will not back down until
I have met with You and I am changed

Anointing and experiences are great, wonderful, and exciting. If we end there, though, we miss the fullness of what God wants to do. It’s great if I can laugh, be healed, or receive revelation in His presence, but it should leave me hungering for more as I am changed and walk out in obedience. We certainly should expect to experience God as we go through our daily lives and meet for services. This should stir us to move into deeper things and allow Him to the painful work of changing us.

We have a misconception of freedom many times. Freedom is not always fun because there is often a comfort zone being obliterated and deficiencies being dealt with in our character or other places.

The point of this song is when is it enough? At what point do I feel like I have experienced all I want or need? When do I feel I have enough revelation of Him? Our answer determines how effective we will be in His Kingdom. David said in Psalm 17 that when he awakes, he would be satisfied with seeing God’s likeness. The rest of the psalm deals with enemies and God dealing with wicked people around him, but when it came to the end, David didn’t say if you take care of these things, that will be enough. No, David the worshipper said, “I want to see You. All the rest is nice and I’m thankful for it, but I want to really see You.”

I hope that’s our response today and that we find ourselves hungering more and more for Him. We can’t be satisfied with what we can achieve or what we have known in the past, there is more!

Listen to “Hunger for Your Heart”

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