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What Does It Mean To Hunger And Thirst For Righteousness?

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst forpoor in spirit, the mournful and the
righteousness, for they shall be filled"meek)."It means if you thirst after
(Matthew 5:6)."If you do right, you won't getrighteousness, you want to live a godly
hungry or thirsty," says Zach, agelife," says Morgan, 10. "It also means you
6.Actually, the thirst here is somethingwould act like God would want you to
different, says Anna, 10: "It means thatlive.""There is only One Being who can
people who want righteousness thirst for itsatisfy the last aching abyss of the human
like water."Have you ever been thirsty -- Iheart, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ,"
mean really thirsty?In the Arizona desert, Iwrote author Oswald Chambers.God doesn't ask
once took a walk I'll never forget. From myus to deny our burning desire for intimacy,
elevated campsite, the Colorado River lookedbeauty and adventure. Religion does that.
like an easy 30-minute trek. I learned theJesus invites us to intimate communion with
meaning of "as the crow flies" because thehimself and his Father that satisfies the
dry ravine I followed was anything butdeepest longings of our souls.Jesus upset the
straight and made the trip much longer. Afterreligious system of his day by awakening the
my canteen ran dry, I began to be thirstydesires of people's hearts. Consider his
like never before.God will quench the thirststatement: "Ask, and it will be given to you;
of those who desire him as a man walking inseek, and you will find; knock, and it will
the Arizona desert with a dry canteen cravesbe opened to you" (Luke 11:9).It's whom you
water. There's nothing casual about this kindask, where you seek and what door you knock
of thirst. It's desperate."I think it meanson that makes all the difference. A journey
when Jesus was at the well and told the ladyinto God himself makes every other adventure
about everlasting water," says Lauren, 8,look dull."Those who thirst after
"she took the water and was satisfied."Yes,righteousness will be filled with it," says
the woman at the well with whom Jesus spokeNick, 10. "They will be blessed with love
had been married five times and was livingfrom God."Point to ponder: God will satisfy
with a man who was not her husband, yet Jesusyour deepest desires if you look to him for
doesn't give her a lecture on immorality. Hefulfillment.Scripture to remember: "Blessed
spoke to her about her thirst (John 4:14)."Ifare those who hunger and thirst for
we try to gain transcendence throughrighteousness, for they shall be filled"
indulgence, soon enough familiarity breeds(Matthew 5:6).Question to consider: Where are
contempt and we are driven to search foryou looking to satisfy your deepest desires
mystery elsewhere," write authors Brentand longings?Carey Kinsolving is a syndicated
Curtis and John Eldredge in an amazing bookcolumnist, producer, author, speaker and
titled "The Sacred Romance.""To thirst afterwebsite developer. To see Carey's Kid TV
righteousness means wanting to live accordingInterviews and more, visit The Kids Talk
to God's will instead of the world's," saysAbout God website contains free, online
Kristen, 10. "This is the only way to becontent for children and families. Print free
happy and filled. If you thirst afterlessons from the "Kids Color Me Bible" and
righteousness, God will bless you."You aremake your own book. Watch for free the
what you desire to eat! There's a God-shapedadventures of an 11-year-old girl traveling
hole in all of us that only God canaround the world, visiting missionaries in
fill."Yes, God is in the filling business. Inthe Mission Explorers Streaming Video. Print
fact, the word "fill" means to be satisfiedBible pictures drawn by kids that illustrate
in the sense of being stuffed after aScripture verses. Receive a complimentary,
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of the self-centered life, you'll never beBible Lessons. Bible quotations in this
satisfied. The hungry and thirsty are thecolumn are from the New King James Version.
desperate of the previous Beatitudes (the



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