The text is Matthew 5:6:
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied."
The Greek word for hunger means: to be hungry...
The English word that is taken from this word means three things:
(1) feeling and displaying a need
(2) causing hunger
(3) having a strong desire or craving (thirst)
The Greek word of thirst: a constant thirst, longing for a drink, consuming a lot of fuel or water.
After: this doesn't mean behind, it means to "follow close behind" like on the back of someone's heels
Righteousness: having been made right; innocent, just, righteous persons...
Satisfied: Fed, filled, satisfied; alt: a feeding place, contented, pleased.
Those that hunger and thirst, have the desire for the Holy Spirit living in them and crave His infallible (real truth) Word for daily nourishment. It is a deep feeling of need that is evidence of the relationship we have with God in us. This evidence is displayed further as our "thirst after righteousness." Which leaves us satisfied in knowing our salvation is secure and eternal. There is nothing in of ourselves we can do to earn it, but only to receive it and live it out daily (Romans 5:1-11).
To hunger and thirst after righteousness, is like a child who desires to grow up to be just like their Father, Jesus. They hold on the hand of the Father, trotting close beside Him, wanting to say and do whatever he does, being obedient and imitating Him. The love of the Father is always with them, no matter if they are away from His presence or close by Him, because they have learned what pleases Him most them and they delight to please the Father (1 John 2:6, Colossians 3:13).
This is the same hope we have in our adoption as son's and daughters of the Father. When we seek to live out righteousness and staying in right relationship with the Father. Our Father corrects us by a stirring of the spirit within us. It is like an uneasy feeling as if something isn't quite right. We find peace and contentment in having a thirst within us, a craving that is an unquenchable fire that burns for a closeness with our Father. It is a hunger that is only satisfied by God's word living in us and to do His will for our lives no matter the cost. We have confidence in being a walking witness of the Gospel within us, that has transformed our lives from the fearful and hopeless existence we came from before our adoption. Praise God!
Further reading....
Walking out Righteousness:
1 Peter 2: 21-25
2 Cor 3:1-18
Christ as the example of a humble servant
John 13:12-15
John 15: -11
Tomorrow's post will be Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied."
The Greek word for hunger means: to be hungry...
The English word that is taken from this word means three things:
(1) feeling and displaying a need
(2) causing hunger
(3) having a strong desire or craving (thirst)
The Greek word of thirst: a constant thirst, longing for a drink, consuming a lot of fuel or water.
After: this doesn't mean behind, it means to "follow close behind" like on the back of someone's heels
Righteousness: having been made right; innocent, just, righteous persons...
Satisfied: Fed, filled, satisfied; alt: a feeding place, contented, pleased.
Those that hunger and thirst, have the desire for the Holy Spirit living in them and crave His infallible (real truth) Word for daily nourishment. It is a deep feeling of need that is evidence of the relationship we have with God in us. This evidence is displayed further as our "thirst after righteousness." Which leaves us satisfied in knowing our salvation is secure and eternal. There is nothing in of ourselves we can do to earn it, but only to receive it and live it out daily (Romans 5:1-11).
To hunger and thirst after righteousness, is like a child who desires to grow up to be just like their Father, Jesus. They hold on the hand of the Father, trotting close beside Him, wanting to say and do whatever he does, being obedient and imitating Him. The love of the Father is always with them, no matter if they are away from His presence or close by Him, because they have learned what pleases Him most them and they delight to please the Father (1 John 2:6, Colossians 3:13).
This is the same hope we have in our adoption as son's and daughters of the Father. When we seek to live out righteousness and staying in right relationship with the Father. Our Father corrects us by a stirring of the spirit within us. It is like an uneasy feeling as if something isn't quite right. We find peace and contentment in having a thirst within us, a craving that is an unquenchable fire that burns for a closeness with our Father. It is a hunger that is only satisfied by God's word living in us and to do His will for our lives no matter the cost. We have confidence in being a walking witness of the Gospel within us, that has transformed our lives from the fearful and hopeless existence we came from before our adoption. Praise God!
Further reading....
Walking out Righteousness:
1 Peter 2: 21-25
2 Cor 3:1-18
Christ as the example of a humble servant
John 13:12-15
John 15: -11
Tomorrow's post will be Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
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