"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: 5 circumcised
the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew
born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; 6 regarding
zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law,
blameless.
7 But
everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of
Christ. 8 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 9 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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