Hunger is renewable

In October 1993, Michael Jordan bid farewell to the Chicago Bulls and set out in a new direction. His team had won three consecutive NBA championships. It goes without saying that Michael Jordan has inspired millions of young basketball hopefuls. Just a year earlier, Jordan and his teammates of the U. S. Dream Team had garnered the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics. How could there be a greater or more appropriate parting achievement? The Bulls retired number 23 and erected a life-size bronze statue of the famed player outside their United Center.

What was Jordan's "new direction?" Baseball! The six-foot-six point guard signed with the double-A team of the Chicago White Sox in 1994. But being the hang-time king of basketball was no guarantee that he would become a home-run king. Jordan's batting average was only mediocre, and he spent the majority of his time playing right field - catching fly balls and boosting ticket sales.

On March 18, 1995 , Michael Jordan returned to basketball. As number 45, he took to the court again. For the next three years he would help the Bulls to gain three more NBA championships.

What's the point? The superstar didn't lose his basketball skills, he had lost his hunger. Hunger is renewable. It may be that we have to disconnect for a while, do something different from what you've been used to. Have you lost your "hunger?" Your Passion? What will it take for you to get it back? We may not be able to take a "new direction" like Michael Jordan did, but we can do something to get our hunger back. Jesus said, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." Matthew 5:6