You Shall Be Filled

"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled." 

Matthew 5:6

Hunger and thirst are two conditions within our body that we feel daily… The average man can go just a few days without water and (maybe a week or two) without food before losing once mental stability and life itself… The pains of hunger and the desire for water or drink can alter not only our attitude or conduct, but our way of life and priority… No man wants to go without food or drink because of the state of misery, discomfort and/or depression that he/she will be exposed too… We feed our body several times a day in trying to satisfy a hunger or to quench a thirst; however, within a few short hours we are repeating this never ending cycle. Everyone in this world is hungry or thirsty for something, but in today’s scripture we find that only a desire for righteousness shall be filled… There are so many people on this earth who are pursuing so many things and even as they ascend to higher levels they are never satisfied with their gain… The thirst you have for success can never be filled if you don’t go to the source of Jesus Christ and drink… 

In the 4^th chapter of the gospel of John we find a story of Jesus encounter with a Samaritan woman (also known as “the woman at the well”; in this passage there a back and forth dialogue that takes place with her and Jesus about water (a physical and need with a spiritual application)… In the 13^th through the  15^th verse of this chapter we find these words recorded, “Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”  The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” The woman desires to be filled with the water of Jesus so that she will never have to come to that well again; however, the word of God goes on to say that Jesus had to show her to her own self first… You have been doing things your way long enough, you have been seeking the happiness you want on this earth and continue to fall short; your hunger has gone unsatisfied, your thirst has not been quenched and now is the time for you to be called blessed and filled not because you have obtained anything but because you have entrusted your care into the hands of Christ… This Samaritan woman is the symbol of our very lives… She was a prostitute, selling herself for scraps, never realizing her true potential… The money she made, or the room and board she obtained was enough for the night but not for the future… She was ready for a change and wanted to be filled… You can smile and fool everyone around you, but the truth of the matter is that you can never be filled or satisfied by the things of this world… 

There will always be something that you desire, something that you want, and something that you will go and buy, but you can rest assured in Christ that those desires will be dissolved and you will find comfort and happiness through His righteousness… You can find temporary satisfaction on this earth for moments at a time, but the bible declares that in Christ you store up treasures that cannot be depleted or stolen… In the world you find temporary things; in Christ you find undeviating things… Understand how powerful this passage is today, you can only be filled in Christ… The sooner you realize that, the sooner you can stop starving and dehydrating your divine destiny… It’s time for us to go before the living water and drink so we cannot obtain a temporary satisfaction but can in fact be filled… Notice that you will be filled when you desire His righteousness, the Samaritan woman had to accept the mirror being placed before her and so do you… This means that you accept the fact that you are wicked, your way isn’t the best and that you are in need of a savior… Christ can’t fill you up if your cup is not empty… Hunger is felt when there is a lack of food, thirst is felt when a throat is parched or your hydration is low… Instead of going to a familiar source, step out of your box and try Jesus… He’s waiting on you and He will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory… Hunger and thirst are natural from the womb; these same conditions that we experience with our body must be a part of our spiritual makeup as well (the pains of hunger and thirst lead to growth and maturity)… This is why Jesus says in the beatitudes, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness…” You have to identify that there is a need and then allow Christ to fill it… He will take the pain away and take you to another level in Him at the same time; this is what it means to be filled…

ALL FOR HIS GLORY!