Friday, June 1, 2012

Hungering for What?:Beatitudes Part 4: Matthew 5 Cont'd


dessert cake on plate


Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness”

If you wish to meet an angry set of individuals, surround yourself with the hungry and thirsty. Their irritability is a sign of restlessness due to unmet priorities.

The thing is, everyone is spiritual poor and hungry, the problem comes when we mistake the pangs for something other than more Jesus.

Hungering after money will serve to make us evil and stingy, thirsting after sex will lead us to perversion, obsessing over security creates a paranoia in us. Ultimate joy is not found in these pursuits.

How much does righteousness, or being holy matter to us? Jesus tells us it should be a need that consumes us. Citizens of Heaven are to be starving refugees upon this earth, for they would sooner die than not look like Jesus.

The Hebrew people's receipt of manna in the Exodus is to be the story of our lives: our sustenance is to be totally dependent upon the grace of God in Heaven.

Questions:

  1. How important is it for you to be in control of your life?
  2. How can we develop a hunger and thirst for the things of God?
  3. Imagine your favorite meal. What are practical ways you can learn want God more than that?



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