Message from Scripture: 9/28/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today comes from Matt. 5:6; “Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”

 

How important should the spiritual be to us? How much should we desire a relationship with God? Jesus compares it to the physical sensations of hunger and thirst. The term hunger indicates desiring strongly; the term for thirst also indicates a strong desire, but also denotes the severest deprivation. Together they indicate a strong need with an urgent desire to have it filled, as in a literal thirst for water, or hunger for nourishment.  We can relate to these feelings, not in the extreme, but how we want to be satisfied, to be filled and experience the contentment that comes with it.

 

Jesus, of course, is speaking spiritually, of a deep burning desire to pursue the righteousness of God, to know and be filled with the righteousness of God’s will, to be right before God and live to please Him.  It’s the strong need to have a deep relationship with God in Christ.  For those who seek God deeply and sincerely, God will fill them, blessing them in a positive spiritual relationship with Him.  As the New Testament begins with this call, so it ends. “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that hears, let him say, Come. And he that is thirsty, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely” (Rev. 22:17).

 

This sentiment should be true of everyone who wears the name of Christ, who gave Himself for our sins. Deep in one’s heart, each knows which is really true of oneself.  Always remember the promise of our Lord; “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water’" (John 7:37-38). Let’s go out and serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from this deep, abiding desire to be filled with His rich blessings. God bless.

 

Robert