Hungering And Thirsting For Righteousness

-February 9, 2024-

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

(Matthew 5:6).

The fourth beatitude is hungering and thirsting for righteousness. Mary the mother of Jesus said in Luke 1:53, “He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.” This hunger and thirst is not a natural one but a spiritual one.

Only Jesus can satisfy the spiritually hungry. He is the Bread of Life. He said, “…I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst” (John 6:35).

The hunger and thirst must be for we righteousness. Those who have been saved have the inner desire to know the Lord, please Him by what we do and say, and put His Word into practice. Jesus told the woman at the well, “…But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:14. The Lord promises to fill us, to fill us to overflowing.

This world has very little righteousness, in fact, only the righteous can practice righteousness. May the Lord give us a strong spiritual hunger and thirst for His righteousness. Righteousness is doing right in God’s sight. Have a blessed day. Stay and healthy.

Hungering and thirsting for righteousness,

Dean