Friday, January 24, 2020

WONDER BREAD

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Matthew 5:6 (CSB)


We are talking about a strong desire for God – through prayer and His Word.

Pause and read what Paul writes to the church at Philippi –

“[A]lthough I have reasons for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith. 10 My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,” Philippians 3: 4 – 10 (CSB)

We see here three important parts of this passage:
·      V. 4-6 – Paul’s pedigree
·      V. 7 – Paul’s purging
·      V. 8-10 – Paul’s “panting” for this intimacy with God
o   To Know Him
o   Power of His resurrection
o   Fellowship of His sufferings
o   Conformed by His death

Consider these three things to do in order to hunger and thirst after Him... so we can be satisfied.

1.     Recognize your real need. The first thing you need to do is recognize your real hunger. What is it that is missing in my life?  

2.     Stop eating spiritual junk food. Stop spending your energies and wasting the majority of your time on things of this world that really don’t satisfy. Isa. 55:2 – “Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.”

3.     Start looking to Christ for your satisfaction. Jesus says in Jn 6:35 - "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."

That’s what I call the real wonder bread and wonder water too!

Jesus is saying, "I possess the ingredients of genuine life, what you need is me."

Do you have a strong passionate desire for the real Bread and Living Water?


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