A Message of Hope

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
   for they will be filled.  Matthew 5: 6
            What do we hunger for?  Each of us has our own favorite meal.  Steak, potatoes, chicken fried chicken, pecan pies, the list is endless.  We each have a desire to eat and fill our stomachs, but why?
            Our bodies are miracles in and of themselves.  We take in food and the stomach transforms it into all the things our bodies need to grow, develop, and just continue running.  We all have sulfuric acid sitting in our stomachs that breaks down the food we eat.  Nutrients are taken to our body via our blood.  Waste products from the process are sent out of the body.  (For more details, just ask Sheila).
            So God has designed us to desire food to ensure that we continue to live.  Food is our unleaded gasoline that keeps us going.  We need food and water to live.  Hunger is God’s way of telling us we need to eat to live.
            Strangely enough, spiritual hunger is God’s way of telling us we need spiritual food.  Every human has a need for God.  No matter the situation.  No matter the age.  No matter the sin.  People need God.  Jesus in Matthew’s account of the Sermon on the Mount blessed those who recognized and acted on this need.  When we understand our soul is telling us we need spiritual food and water, then God is ready to fill that void.
            In John 4 and 6, Jesus speaks to these issues.  He tells the woman at the well that he has living water that will last forever (John 4: 14).  He tells his disciples in John 6 that He is the bread of life (vs 35) and that we will never hunger and thirst again as His followers.  That is a promise with enduring ramifications.  Our bodies age and grow frail.  They break down and eventually stop working.  But our eternal soul lives forever and sating our hunger for God with the teachings of Jesus will never let us down or feeling empty.  Let’s fill our soul’s hunger for God with eternal food.
Scripture:  John 4 and 6