“Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6 NIV
“Ask and it will be
given to you, seek and you will find…” Matthew 7:7 NIV
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is filled
with some amazing promises. This one has to be one of the
best: If you are hungry and thirsty for
the righteousness that God provides, you will be filled.
If you want righteousness, you can
have it. Let me go out on a limb and make a bold statement. Whatever righteous
thing you desire in the spiritual realm, you can have if you want it badly
enough. I don’t think we appreciate the importance of that truth.
Most of us are about as close to God
now as we want to be. We have about as much joy as we want, about as much peace
as we want.
Abraham Lincoln said that “most
people are about as happy as they want to be.” Totally true. We are the way we
are because that’s the way we want to be. Either we’re happy that way or we’ve
accepted that this is who we are and we’re not going to change. For the most
part, you are where you are right now because that’s where you want to be. If
you were hungry for something better from God, you could have it.
If you want it, you can have a close
walk with God.
If you want it, you can have a better
marriage.
If you want to, you can do God’s
will.
If you want to, you can witness for
Christ.
If you want to, you can learn to
pray.
If you want to, you can grow
spiritually.
If you want to, you can walk in the
Spirit.
If you want to, you can become a man
of God or a woman of God.
If you want to, you can change deeply
ingrained habits.
If you want to, you can break
destructive patterns of behavior.
What we seek, we find. This is
true in every area and realm of life.
And what we seek, for good or for
ill, we eventually find.
And the reverse is also true: unless
we seek, we will not find. ~pb
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