Lessons From the Teachings of Jesus-Blessed Are They That Hunger and Thirst After Righteousness (part 5)

Righteousness: acting in accordance with divine or moral law-free from guilt or sin, morally right or justifiable.


What are you hungry for in your life? What are your passions? What drives you?

Is it to get rich? Is it to be married and have a family? Is it to travel the world?

Or is it to do the work of the Lord above all else?

Whatever it might be, we can be so filled with the desire to attain it, that we hunger after it. Doing the things that we strive to do or become, is ok so long as we first are passionate to do God's bidding first.
Why? Because if we are attuned to him, he will direct our paths. Proverbs 3:6. And he will give us the desires of our heart. Psalm 37:4.

It does not matter if we are saved or unsaved. All of us hunger and thirst for something or someone.
We all have the drive to get up in the morning. A desire. An agenda to meet, whether it be just to get through today, or a drive to get rich. Or anything in between.

Maybe our desire is even in our church. We worship there, we teach a class, we are in the choir or whatever else it might be. We love God and we are driven by the things that the church offers us.  But are we really driven by God or are we driven by the activity that goes on there?

Maybe you know the saying: Live like a Christian one day a week and like the devil the other six days.

Is that what drives you? Or do you really hunger and thirst after God's righteousness so that you try to follow him every day, hour and minute of your life? Because that he wants of us. Not that we are perfect and are able to follow him like that.Problems come up that bombard us with solutions that we have to work out. And we can get pretty frustrated. But when those things happen, we should always try to have God in the forefront of our minds and ask for his guidance. And when we fail, we need to ask God's forgiveness to get back on track.

To hunger after God and his righteousness, we must be in his word every day. Talk to him and have a personal relationship with him. We must want his will above all else and obey what it is. This is what it means to be hungry and thirst. And when we do this he will fill us, in whatever form he chooses to fit our needs and passions.

Because he knows what is best for us.Far above what we know. And that is the blessing that comes with wanting him above all else. In today's world, the terrible things that go on, isn't it better that we are passionate about God, who loves us and wants the very best for us? I know I can't imagine a life without him. Can you?

Thanks for visiting today folks. Please come back tomorrow for the next lesson in this series. Until then have a wonderfully blessed day!