Hungry For What Is Right

 BEATITUDES – HUNGRY FOR WHAT’S RIGHT

As we move through Jesus’ list of the kind of attitudes we should have and act on we come to the one that says:

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Matthew 5:6

Hunger and thirst are basic human needs. When basic needs are not met it's difficult or impossible to give ourselves to other tasks. 

Jesus teaches that the most basic hunger in life is the need to know and live as God intends. Whether we admit it or not, the guilt and shame that comes from living life out of sync with God's purposes leaves us feeling edgy and dissatisfied.  We know something is wrong but we're not sure what. 

We've told ourselves we need more money, sexual gratification, a new toy, or our drug of choice.  The hunger within us is God given, but we have been trying to feed it with the things that will not satisfy.

Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare.

Isaiah 55:2

The journey of seeking God, getting to know His will, letting go of our character defects, building respectful and loving relationships and coming more and more into conscious contact with God, is the only way we will truly be filled up and satisfied.

Fortunately, we don’t have to wait to be satisfied until we are successful in all these areas.  We simply stay hungry and thirsty for what is right each step of the way. How hungry and thirsty for righteousness are we today?

Heavenly Father, we have sought after many things to satisfy the pain and dissatisfaction in our aching hearts. Thank You so much for Your invitation to come to You and find exactly what we need, what we’ve been seeking for so long, without really knowing that’s what we needed.

Please help us to be active today and every day in seeking Your food and drink so we live filled up on You and completely satisfied.  Amen

So let’s do our best today to be conscious of our longings and bring them to God for His way of filling them.