“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6
Are you hungry? In todays passage the Lord Jesus reminds us that we are to have a spiritual appetite for the living word of God. I, am the Lord your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it. “For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; He will give grace and glory. No good thing will He withhold from those who walk up rightly” Psalm 84:11.
Our souls are to thirst for God, for the Living God. (Psalms 42:2). He promises in Revelation 21:6, that He is Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He will give to the one who thirst from the the spring of the water of life without cost. So won’t you quench your thirsty soul, with the living water that’s comes from God’s word today? For Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; but whoever drinks of the water that I give will never thirst, but the water that I give him, will become in him a well of water, springing up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14.
“Jesus is the Bread of Life, those who come to him will not hunger, and he who believes in Him will not thirst.” John 6:35. In Revelation we are reminded that “The Spirit of the Bride says, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wished take the water of life without cost.” Revelation 22:17. In order for transformation to come we must allow the Holy Spirit to change us from the inside out. It will change our desires and appetite for the things of Christ the more we hear and study the word of God.
Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8. The goodness of God can be seen everywhere we look today, with so many uncertainties our God proves faithful time and time again. He allows the sun to shine on the just and the unjust, as well as, the rain. “The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works.” Psalm 145:17. Jesus is the same today as He was back then, “Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying. “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.” John 7:37. The question still remains today…Are you thirsty? My answer is yes! My soul thirst for God, the Living God…” Psalm 42:2.
In closing, “May The Lord grant us the grace to hunger and thirst after His righteousness daily, that we may be filled.” Matthew 5:6. May He create in us all clean hearts and renew the right spirit within us.” Psalm 51:10. In Jesus Name. Amen!