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 one's mental stability and life itself… The pain of hunger and the desire for water or drink can alter not only our attitude and conduct, but it can also alter our way of life and priority… Nobody wants to go without food or drink because of the state of misery, discomfort and/or depression that he/she will be exposed to… We feed our bodies several times a day to sustain ourselves as we navigate through life. 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 is a back and forth dialogue between Jesus and the woman which starts with a discussion about water (a physical need with a spiritual application)… In the 13^th through the  15^th verses 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..."  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.”  Just like this woman, we too have a desire to be filled. Also, just like this woman, we must come to the realization that we can only be filled through Christ. 

ALL FOR HIS GLORY!