Most of us who live in countries unaccustomed to severe hunger and thirst may struggle to understand what it means to hunger and thirst for righteousness. Jesus took something His hearers could relate to (hunger and thirst), which was related to survival and expressed there is a more important hungering and thirsting that is necessary. We must wrestle with our answer to the question, "Do I actually believe that hungering and thirsting after righteousness will bring me satisfaction and contentment, regardless of circumstances?" The follow-up question is equally important, "What if hungering and thirsting after righteousness is not an attractive thought to me?" Most believers would at least verbalize that Jesus' words in Matthew 5:6 are true, but that is very different than actually believing and living it out in everyday life. To hunger and thirst for righteousness begins the action phase of the Beatitudes. This follows the necessary posture of one's heart in the first 3 Beatitudes which then makes the individual ready for action. Are you ready?
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