Blessed are those
who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled.
Matt. 5.6
What is
righteousness? God is righteous. I see righteousness, therefore, as that state
of being right with God. Many times I have declared my desire to live in a way
that is pleasing and honouring to God. I have often prayed, asking God to help
me in my quest.
I do not reach my
aim of living as God would have me do, yet I take great encouragement from this
verse. The words exhort me to hunger and thirst after righteousness. This is my part! I am to
hunger for His ways. I am to be thirsty to satisfy Him in who I am and what I
do. I am not the one to achieve this state. Achievement is beyond my abilities.
I am simply to hunger and thirst. And then……..!
The assurance this
verse gives me is that those who hunger and thirst will be filled. There have
been rare occasions when I have experienced ravenous hunger or deep thirst. As
the hunger or thirst has been satisfied – as I have “been filled”, the
experience is simply wonderful. All longing is gone because fulfillment has
been attained. My need is satisfied. I am fulfilled and content.
God promises this
filling, fulfilment and contentment in my search for righteousness. My sensing
is that complete fulfilment will come as I face Him in glory. Meanwhile I can
be tasting of this as I live out my hunger and thirst.
Lord God,
I see You as wholly righteous. I hunger and I thirst to please You in
everything – in who I am and what I do. I offer my hunger and thirst to You. I
ask You, indeed, to increase these things in me. May I then experience the joy,
the fulfillment and contentment of being filled by You. Let me honour You,
righteous God. Amen.
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