“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” Matthew 5:6
God is the ultimate source of authentic righteousness. Those who long for Christ’s righteous character will receive this precious gift of true satisfaction. The enemy to this HUNGER for God is a desire for other things. We are so prone to keep ourselves stuffed with all the pleasures of the world, when God is the only One who can truly satisfy our deepest desires.
“What is at stake here is not just the good of our souls, but also the glory of God. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The fight of faith is a fight to feast on all that God is for us in Christ.”-(John Piper)
What we hunger for most, we worship!
SEARCH us, O God:
Are we in bondage to the pleasures of this world so that, for all our talk about the glory of God, we love television and food and sleep and sex and money and human praise just like everybody else? If so, let us repent and fix our faces like flint toward the Word of God in prayer. (Augustine & Piper)
Selah:
O LORD, open my eyes to see that in your presence is fullness of joy and at your right hand are pleasures forevermore! Psalms 16
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