Lollipops

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6). We miss the import of Jesus' teaching here for righteousness. Hunger is a passionate feeling as well as thirst. This is not a diet program. The kind of desire here is a longing and need for righteousness. Imagine eating real food and drinking as often as we seek righteousness - we might all be dead in a week. I like how Vance Havner said it. "To hunger and thirst after righteousness is a lost experience with most professing Christians - who are too shallow and superficial, or else too fed-up with the lollipops of earth, really to crave deeper blessing. A deep spiritual feast must emanate from a deep hunger and a big appetite" (Reflections on the Gospels, page 23). Lay aside the "lollipops" and seek the meat of the word and the spirit of God. Remember what the Lord told the Samaritan woman - "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:13-14). Are you hungry? Let's start drinking!