"Blessed Are tHose That Hunger"

Blessed Are Those Who Hunger & Thirst For Righteousness 

Psalm 37:4-5 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the  desires of your heart, commit your way to the Lord. Trust in him and he will act.

This verse is often misinterpreted to mean that God will give us whatever we ask for.

But what this verse actually means is that when we love God our desires will change to become like his and we’ll begin to seek
and desire Godly things when the love of God is truly in you, you will begin to have a burden for lost souls, you will begin to think
about how you can do your part in the kingdom of God and help to spread the gospel.

Having a Godly desire means that you find yourself passionately seeking the Lord because he can give you victory over evil, he
can give you victory over sin, he can heal your family and unite your household. God will not deny us such things because they
are near to his heart.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.

Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

These passages are promises of God. No other pursuit on this Earth comes with a guarantee. You may hunger for wealth but still end up poor, you may thirst for a spouse but still end up single, but when your true desire is for the one who is the Bread of Life and Living Water then your cup will overflow.

And so, I encourage you to meditate on the words of David in Psalm 27:4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek that I
may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. If you could only ask one thing of the Lord, what would it be? See, for David it was enough for him to be in the presence of his Lord and Savior, he longed for the friendship and the favor of God above all riches and material possessions. David desired the joy of being in a relationship with God. So, what are your desires?

Proverbs 23:17 Let not your heart envy sinners but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.

It can be hard to pursue Christ when the people around us have different desires.

Some might desire to be successful or to have a wealthy lifestyle or even fame, but apart from Christ all these desires lead to a
dead end. And so, I encourage you to pray for Godly desires, to pray for a heart that wants to do the will of the Lord and to seek
Jesus Christ with all your heart and you will find him.